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I thought I would give everyone a heads up on how Ford fixed the issue of the shoulder harness not staying clipped into the seat belt buckle. There was a recall back in the day. I could not locate the recall on the net but I know it happened because they recalled my 71 Maverick that used the same style of buckle.
I stole a picture from a previous post back in 10/12/13 by Goodnigh. It shows the factory nylon plastic piece that eventually crumbles and falls off. This was happening when new due to a flow line in the plastic. When the plastic goes around the core pin for the hole and meets on the other side if the material is too cold it will not stick together.
In the Ford recall they simply replace the missing nylon part with two rubber O-rings on the pin on the shoulder harness that fits into the seat belt metal tab.
While looking around eBay the other day I stumbled upon some of the O-rings in the Ford package and the part number is D1AZ-6560116-A and come four the the pack. I ordered a couple packs and took pictures of the pack with the rings.
You can also go to your local hardware or auto supply and buy and O-ring that has an O.D. of .450", I.D. of .218" and rubber dia. of .100". Hard to measure them accurately they are not round.
This is the ad on eBay you can get two packs, 8 O-rings, for $5.00.
This satisfied the government boys back then and should work fine now. The fix does work I know my Maverick was driven for many years and they worked, my 73 still has the nylon.
I saw lots of complaints about not being able to reach the radio or heater if you used the shoulder belt. Must have short arms I never had that problem 6'4".
Fix them and keep them safe. I would rather wear the shoulder harness than check out the collapsible steering column in a crash.
David
I stole a picture from a previous post back in 10/12/13 by Goodnigh. It shows the factory nylon plastic piece that eventually crumbles and falls off. This was happening when new due to a flow line in the plastic. When the plastic goes around the core pin for the hole and meets on the other side if the material is too cold it will not stick together.
In the Ford recall they simply replace the missing nylon part with two rubber O-rings on the pin on the shoulder harness that fits into the seat belt metal tab.
While looking around eBay the other day I stumbled upon some of the O-rings in the Ford package and the part number is D1AZ-6560116-A and come four the the pack. I ordered a couple packs and took pictures of the pack with the rings.
You can also go to your local hardware or auto supply and buy and O-ring that has an O.D. of .450", I.D. of .218" and rubber dia. of .100". Hard to measure them accurately they are not round.
This is the ad on eBay you can get two packs, 8 O-rings, for $5.00.
This satisfied the government boys back then and should work fine now. The fix does work I know my Maverick was driven for many years and they worked, my 73 still has the nylon.
I saw lots of complaints about not being able to reach the radio or heater if you used the shoulder belt. Must have short arms I never had that problem 6'4".
Fix them and keep them safe. I would rather wear the shoulder harness than check out the collapsible steering column in a crash.
David