Maintenance
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b Seat Belts
Important Facts about Seat Belts
The potential exposure of this seat belt to severe environmental
conditions make it crucial to inspect the seat belt system
regularly.
It is recommended that the seat belt system is inspected at least
once a year or more often if the vehicle is exposed to severe
environmental or vocational conditions,
Any seat belt system that shows cuts, fraying, extreme or
unusual wear, significant discoloration due to UV exposure,
dusty-dirty conditions, abrasion to the seat belt webbing, or
damage to the buckle, latch plate, retractor, hardware or any
other obvious problem should be replaced immediately.
Once replacement of the seat belt has been determined, be
certain that it is only replaced with the original equipment
manufacturer recommended replacement seat belt. See your
authorized spares and service centre for replacement. Your
restraint system has been developed and tested specifically for
your machine.
If the inspection indicates that any part of the seat belt requires
replacement, the entire belt must be replaced. It is vitally
important that all components be mounted back in the same
position as the original components which were removed. This
will maintain the design integrity of the mounting points for the
seat belt assembly.
Seat Belt Maintenance Guidelines
Follow Maintenance Guidelines 1-4 to properly inspect seat belt
and tethers to determine if replacement is necessary.
The following maintenance guidelines detail how to Inspect
seat belt for “cuts, fraying, extreme or unusual wear of the
webbing, etc., and damage to the buckle, retractor, hardware or
other factors” which indicate that seat belt replacement is
necessary,
• Check the webbing. Pull the webbing completely out of the
belt retractor and inspect the full length of the webbing for
cuts, wear, fraying, dirt and stiffness. If a belt shows any
cuts, fraying, extreme or unusual wear, the system should be
replaced.
• Check the buckle and latch for proper operation and to
determine if latch plate is excessively worn, deformed or
buckle is damaged or casing broken.
• Check retractor web storage device operation by extending
webbing to determine it locks properly and that it spools out
and retracts webbing properly - fitted.
Check web in areas exposed to ultraviolet rays from the sun or
extreme dust or dirt. If the original colour of the web in these
areas is extremely faded and/or the web is packed with dirt, the
physical strength of this web may have deteriorated. If this
condition exists replace the system.
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Failure to properly inspect and maintain a seat belt can
cause serious injury or loss of life in the event of an
accident.
It is critical that any time the machine is involved in an
accident, the entire seat belt system must be replaced.
The seat belt should be considered to have a finite life
and must be replaced as required throughout the life of
the machine.
The seat belt must be inspected daily for required
maintenance.
If replacement of any part of the seat belt is indicated
through maintenance guidelines below, the entire belt
must be replaced, both retractor and buckle sides.
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