[T3] Attaching rear seat belts

[Jim Adney]

On 19 Dec 2013 at 23:44, Dave Hall wrote:

> Sorry, that's not true Jim.  Where rear seat-belt mountings are fitted, they
> are quite separate from the OE body-to-pan bolts.  The mountings are
> significantly larger bolts than the pan uses - 7/16"-20 UNF bolts, (just
> checked), rather than M8 like the body-bolts.  ISTR (but not always
> correctly!) some of the fitting kits I've found have bolt heads around 18mm
> across on those ('proper 7/16" bolts?), but others have 17mm metric heads -
> confusing until I realised!  However the thread is an international
> standard. 

I knew about the special thread, but I had thought that this was just 
for the front belts, and the rear uppers. Now that Dave mentions it, 
it's clear that those bolts wouldn't be pan bolts. Sorry for my 
error.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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