6 point harness fitting help needed please

[gutmann pug]

Just replacing my old 4 point harnesses with a pair of nice shiney (free) 6-pointers.

2 points behind the seat
2 points, one either side of the seat
2 straps through the hole in the buckey seat. Do these come from one eyelet under the hole or from 2 eyelets one either side under the hole?

Any pics would be appreciated

cheers

Gary

[fergus]

Gary

Make sure you put some good thick washers, or plates behind the eye bolts, as salami would offer more resistance to tearing than the bodyshell of France's finest! Get a seperate eyebolt mounted below where the anti-submarine (crotch) straps come into the seat. This way, you are spreading the load over a greater area. The bolt will also correctly be in tension under load, rather than in shear (as per loads of badly fitted harnesses - rear parcel shelf vertical eye bolts is a classic example).

When are you next over in the Adenau region then?
Fergus

[gutmann pug]

Cheers for the comments Fergus.

The general comments appear to to get the eye bolt/ bolts level with my hips under the seat. I'm making plates to mount the eye bolts too.

First trip, to drop the pug off and play a little is 30th March weather permitting. What about you?

Gary