[DeTomaso] Holes in the seat belt retractor plates looks a lot larger than needed?
jderyke at aol.com
jderyke at aol.com
Tue Aug 25 15:56:41 EDT 2020
Those steel plates are pretty thin. So countersink the holes, and use flat-head metric allens. The conical heads will protrude thru the holes on the inside, using up the extra opening your plates have. It also means you don't need the plastic bolt-head covers that are always falling off and getting lost, and there will be a little more side space without snagging things. Plus the allens will be gr-8 while the stock hex bolts are gr-5.
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From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
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Subject: [DeTomaso] Holes in the seat belt retractor plates looks a lot larger than needed?
I want use the plates that bolt onto the inner rocker without the belt
retractor. just bolt the belt end inside. When metal repair was done
by the prior owner, rectangular tubing was welded inside the rocker
panels and there isn't room for the retractors. I was looking at it
last night, and the holes in the plate are much larger than needed for
8M bolts.
Were there special washers on these bolts, or were some kind of a
shoulder bolt used with a very shallow shoulder (this doesn't make much
sense).
Thanks
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Those steel plates are pretty thin. So countersink the holes, and use
flat-head metric allens. The conical heads will protrude thru the holes
on the inside, using up the extra opening your plates have. It also
means you don't need the plastic bolt-head covers that are always
falling off and getting lost, and there will be a little more side
space without snagging things. Plus the allens will be gr-8 while the
stock hex bolts are gr-5.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
To: DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2020 8:40 am
Subject: [DeTomaso] Holes in the seat belt retractor plates looks a lot
larger than needed?
I want use the plates that bolt onto the inner rocker without the
belt
retractor. just bolt the belt end inside. When metal repair was done
by the prior owner, rectangular tubing was welded inside the rocker
panels and there isn't room for the retractors. I was looking at it
last night, and the holes in the plate are much larger than needed
for
8M bolts.
Were there special washers on these bolts, or were some kind of a
shoulder bolt used with a very shallow shoulder (this doesn't make
much
sense).
Thanks
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