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pelzerd
02-18-2014, 12:36 PM
I want to replace my Y belts... Only have one tab in trunk currently. I have looked at the cross bar for the roll bar, but only have one roll bar and would like to be consistent. For those that have made the change how did you anchor the belts? Thanks in advance!

Bob Cowan
02-19-2014, 03:13 PM
I just ran both single straps through the same hole in the bulk head. They're attached to thesame tab that the single belt was attached to in the trunk.

Gumball
02-19-2014, 04:01 PM
You could also mount the bolt directly to the 2x3 chassis tube, but you will have to make a "nut plate" of sorts to insert into that channel. Something similar to what I did for the seat back mounting bolts on my car in the picture below.

This picture was taken in through the passenger side and you can see the clip nuts I used for the seatback mount. For seatbelts, you'd have to weld full-size nuts onto the plate to make it secure. In this picture, you can see the stub for the passenger side roll bar to the far left of the shot:

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/CCRsAC/FinalBackBrace3innerchassismount_zpsb348281c.jpg (http://s845.photobucket.com/user/CCRsAC/media/FinalBackBrace3innerchassismount_zpsb348281c.jpg.h tml)