Broken seat belt tongue

[Tiger]

The Toyota Camry that I drive has a seat belt tongue that keeps slipping along the seat belt because the bit of plastic that keeps the tongue from sliding has broken into 2 pieces. I got some timber cut it into a piece resembling the plastic and used epoxy glue to hold it in place. It held up for a week but then came off, I think because the temperature got very warm in the car as a result of a 34 degree day in Autumn :o.

Any suggestions on what I could do to make a more permanent fix here?

[weisyboy]

a shirt button sewn on is a good option and worked for me:2tsup:.

[RETIRED]

Tiger. Get a new seat belt.


Weisy, under the law you have made the seat belt unroadworthy.

[weisyboy]

thats ok i wont be driving the seatbelt anyware. ill just maek sure it dosent tuch the road.

[China]

New seat belt!!

[Tiger]

The missing bit of plastic in no way compromises the seat belt, it's only there to stop the tongue from sliding down to the bottom. A new seat belt is probably more than what the car is worth.

[Ian Smith]

Tiger,
If you glue anything to it, if stitch any thing to it, you are likely to compromise the webbing of the belt.

It's got nothing to do with the worth of the car, unless of course the only reason you wear a seatbelt is to avoid a fine:rolleyes:

Ian

[Tiger]

Ian the little plastic bit that has come off doesn't really come into contact with the webbing.

[ian]

Ian the little plastic bit that has come off doesn't really come into contact with the webbing.yeah I'm sure the other Ian realises this and what he is really commenting on is this

I got some timber cut it into a piece resembling the plastic and used epoxy glue to hold it in place. It held up for a week but then came off, I think because the temperature got very warm in the car as a result of a 34 degree day in Autumn :o.

Any suggestions on what I could do to make a more permanent fix here?without testing the belt there's no way of knowing how much damage the epoxy glue did to it,

besides, if a new belt would cost more than the car is worth, the existing belts are almost certainly totally shot

do you want flowers on your coffin or a domation to a worthy cause ?


ian

[Dix_Fix]

I use a cloths peg on my old Nissan works fine i have also used a rubber band, & the best of all was a decent blob of silastic , 'sticks like poo to a blanket'

[Tiger]

yeah I'm sure the other Ian realises this and what he is really commenting on is this
without testing the belt there's no way of knowing how much damage the epoxy glue did to it,

besides, if a new belt would cost more than the car is worth, the existing belts are almost certainly totally shot

do you want flowers on your coffin or a domation to a worthy cause ?


ian

The glue did not contact the belt in anyway. The little bit of plastic that has broken off simply stops the buckle from sliding down. Spoke to a mechanic who told me that the belt did not have to be replaced but that it would cause a bit of inconvenience because I would have to keep retrieving the buckle from the bottom of the seat.

Thanks Dix, 3 simple suggestions that I would not have thought of.

[RETIRED]

Thanks for the final explanation Tiger. I think that most of us thought that you were compromising the belt itself.