Inertia reel seat belts - where do I mount the inertia reel?

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Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Both my s3 LWB and a second hand s3 LWB tub i recently purchased for my s2a, have inertia reel seat belts fitted. The reel is bolted to the tub behind the front seats with a bolt and nut through the tub and an extra reinforcing plate on the back. Ive just fitted a new seatbelt to my s3 drivers side. I used a belt to suit a holden with a 450mm hard stalk instead of the soft belt as its kept away from just laying around in the dirt and dusty bits at the bottom of the seats. Works great and its a direct replacement for what was actually fitted on assembly.
Perfect fit.

Cheers Rod

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G'day Rod,

Thanks for your post. Could you please take some photographs and post them up? It could be a match for some of my vehicles. Hard to tell from just words.



Kind Regards
Lionel

Will try tomorrow for you Lionel.

Cheers Rod

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

See I can write a shortish response :p

Kind Regards
Lionel

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Lionel,

Well done!

Cheers,

Neil

HI Colin

Looking at your picture and at my original set up (as per picture attached I can not really see any bracket behind the inertia reel.

Looks like the original top bolt has just been removed and the inertia reel bolted in.

Hello Rod,

The first photograph shows the reinforcing plate spot welded onto the back of one of my truck cabins that holds the inertia reel part of the seat belt.

Is this what you were describing in your post?

The second photograph shows one of the most unusual set ups for a inertia reel seatbelt in my vehicles. There is a bracket bolted to the top cap/rail in the tub section of what was once a hard top. The side panels and roof did not come with the spare parts vehicle so I am unsure of how the top anchor bolt was secured.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Hi Lionel, i took some pics this morning of my s3. See attatched. Im not sure how the belts mount in a truck cab as i dont have one nor have i seen a s3 like it. I hope this helps.
The second pic is of the strengthening plate spot welded to the tub. Its the left side as the spare is in the way but they are in the same place L&R.

Cheers Rod

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Originally Posted by gromit

Here's a picture of the inertia reel seatbelt mounted in a Series III.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/05/876.jpg


The top brackets are part numbers 395586 & 395587. I can't find exactly the same type of lower brackets to mount the inertia reel in my parts manual.

If yours is a single cab there was a discussion thread somewhere about the correct brackets. Can't seem to find it, it may have been in the Wanted section and the info is now lost ?

Not sure if you really need an engineer to approve (technically, maybe yes). Fit the Series III parts and claim it was always like that......


Colin

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This is the same as my s2a shorty station wagon 1971 ,

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Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Hi Lionel, i took some pics this morning of my s3. See attatched. Im not sure how the belts mount in a truck cab as i dont have one nor have i seen a s3 like it. I hope this helps.
The second pic is of the strengthening plate spot welded to the tub. Its the left side as the spare is in the way but they are in the same place L&R.

Cheers Rod

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Hello again.

Looking at the photos, and especially the retractor unit, it appears that the belts are probably not-standard fitment for that model. They are different to the belts that were factory fitted to my 1975 truck anyway.

Perhaps they have been added as a later fitting exercise rather than the original belts ex-factory. Could be wrong.

The photo of the upper side mount seems to have an aerial cable running through the correct bolt retaining hole(?).

Cheers,

Neil

The retractor unit has just been replaced by me as the belt was frayed by being caught in the door lock a few times. That tube is actually a gbox and transfer case breather tube fitted by the PO. The top mount can also be used to mount the top belt point as well.

Cheers Rod

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Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Hi Lionel, i took some pics this morning of my s3. See attatched. Im not sure how the belts mount in a truck cab as i dont have one nor have i seen a s3 like it. I hope this helps.
The second pic is of the strengthening plate spot welded to the tub. Its the left side as the spare is in the way but they are in the same place L&R.

Cheers Rod

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The pic of the standards that the anchorages meet are for a standard lap/sash type belt, not an inertia type. Those inertia belts,along with the tub mounting are a later fitment. I have never seen a factory inertia belt fitted to any series that I have seen, all have been a lap sash type( I could be wrong, often am :D ) The first inertia factory fitments were in the Countys in Australia as far as I know. This would account for the varied types of mounts displayed here.