Photos of Dinette Set Seat Belts?

[skodacanada]

I'd absolutely love to see some photos of dinette set seatbelt set-ups - where and what they are bolt to. Anything at all would be GREATLY appreciated! Before I set about doing work, I like to see what others have done (factory or home.). I can provide my e-mail address is it helps...

Also, our dinette set (under the cushions) is just a wood box frame/ I would guess this is normal? Has anyone rebuilt a dinette structure out of steel or aluminum? Did any RVs come with metal framed Dinette sets?

Thanks,
Chris

[DELTA912]

Some came with Aluminum framed sets but they where way over priced for any real amount to still be here today.

Message me your email and I'll send a few photos of my Dad's 1978 Class C Dodge Pioneer 23 foot. I don't have one in my rv so it will be of his only.

[tiinytina]

The belts in my 1987 Tiffin are bolted to the floor under the dinette seats and feed up through slots cut into the ply baseboard of the cushions.  I've never tried using them.

tina

[Oz]

This topic is being attached to the one you already started about this issue.

[skodacanada]

Hi Mark,

Ok. The reason for creating a new thread was a move from, 'can it be done' to 'how is it done with examples' which could be a useful thread on its own (I think).

I try to be very thorough with everything important that I do but perhaps sound a bit pedantic at times! Still, I'd like to see and learn of all the options before I start cuttin' and weldin' this winter!

And just to be clear, the real issue is making it safer for a toddler seat as opposed to an adult.

[chicknnhead]

I don't have any pics as the RV is in winter storage. my 76 class C, came with seat belts only on the reverse looking side of the dinette(2 sets or enough for 2 folks). they are bolted to the wood frame.  I got ahold of some more out of another 76 and place them on the FWD facing dinette. I drilled holes in the wood frame used large bolts with washers and tighted them down.  the revserse seat my 11 year old  son sits in. the fwd facing seat we remove the coushion and Tighten the car seat in for my 4 year old daughter, putting her to the closest set to the inside.
we did this with my son and it worked out great. I'm very rarely in the fast lane with them, so that is about as safe as I think I can make it with out go to extremes. I upgraded my seats to full back seats, I saved one of the original half backers(no base) and when my son out grew the car seat I still used the half back in the dinette and strapped him to that when he was 5-6 or 7. and I will do that same with my daughter when the time comes.
hop this helps

[Oz]

The natural tendency is to go from "how do I" to "how to".   This topic has a lot of good, pre-how-to info, including sources for the belts and mounting ideas.  The only thing missing is photos.  However, a bolt through the seat belt mounts, throug the floor, through a steel brace or added reinforcement, with a nut and washer on the end is pretty straight forward and I don't know how much more photos would add to that.

Particularly since 99.9% of the responding members have class A or C RVs.  Yours is a van conversion and the undercarriage may be siginificantly different and you'd have figure out exactly where to drill or reinforce the mounts.

You'll just need to keep this in mind when you figure out where you're planning your work.

[skodacanada]

Thanks very much for your post.

Just one quick question...what do you mean by upgrading to full back seats - dinette seats with head rests?

[skodacanada]

I understand.

When I began looking at mine in earnest, I noticed that planting the belts straight in the floor inside the seat box would create too much slack (as it would be bolted below and not behind the seat), so I'd have to anchor the belts behind the seats, visible. Although mine's an 89, it looks like the interior was built in 1980 and is much closer to many older Cs I've looked at, rather than the newer, 'nicer' 90s era Bs.

Not a big issue, but I was toying with making the seat frame from scratch using steel or aluminum (pretty much copy what's already there) but have said seat frame bolted down with detail changes that would make attaching the belts and tethers a bit more ideal.

[Oz]

That's the beauty of it all.  If you have an idea, you can create a plan and do it however you want to in order to get it the way you want it!