changing GN crotch buckle slot

crunchierthanthou

New member

• Nov 11, 2009

• #1

Is there a trick? I swear, it makes me... swear.

 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Nov 11, 2009

• #2

Swearing works for me. That and breaking fingernails.

Wendy

 

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cmm7

New member

• Nov 11, 2009

• #3

Things like this always make me nervous that maybe I did something wrong. What is your issue with it? Getting it out? I just took mine out and put it back in last week and actually thought it was one of the easiest I ever did. Ahh!

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Nov 11, 2009

• #4

:yeahthat:

 

tjham

New member

• Nov 11, 2009

• #5

I just put one back in after using it as a booster and I thought I'd NEVER get it in.

 

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Calideedle

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• Nov 11, 2009

• #6

It is so hard!

 

crunchierthanthou

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• Nov 11, 2009

• #7

Well, getting it in was easier than getting it out. I seriously tried off and on for over an hour to take it out. The slot was too narrow to get both the metal plate and seam through. I also tried pulling most of the strap through to the back and having the metal plate near the top of the strap, but the seam was too rigid and thick to come through behind. I think I figured out the secret though. There's a little flap below the seam. Get that through first, then fold the plate over below it and it will slide through. It took like 10 seconds once I had the flap out. I still had to wedge the metal plate into the hole and make sure the loop of webbing through the plate wasn't bunching, but it was sooo much easier than all the time I had just spent fighting it.

That trick to separate them didn't work as well putting it back in, but like I said, that part wasn't nearly as hard as getting it out. I think it would have been easier to put back through if I didn't have the seat pad on (and replacing it is what I was doing in the first place when I decided to move the buckle ).


aaaaand I just took it out to see if I could recreate it. Now I need to go smash it back in.

 

Evolily

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• Nov 11, 2009

• #8

I make someone else do it

 

Spam

New member

• Nov 11, 2009

• #9

Is yours older.. I just played with my dne and it was so easy.

 

crunchierthanthou

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• Nov 11, 2009

• #10

AustinsMommy said:

Is yours older.. I just played with my dne and it was so easy.

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no, brand new with a June 09 DOM. but what's a dne?

I did get it back together without much trouble. I held the flap back again while I pushed the metal plate through.

btw, this is the flap I mean-

and I've been using a GN full time since August. how did I never notice this info on the back of the buckle?

:thumbsup:

 

Spam

New member

• Nov 11, 2009

• #11

sorry.. dear nephew I just changed his again..playing some more and that flap isn't getting in our way yet. Sorry for your troubles

 

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a_js

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• Nov 11, 2009

• #12

I've never had an issue with ours.

 

snowbird25ca

Moderator - CPST Instructor

• Nov 12, 2009

• #13

I had this issue at a seat check. Then I realized the little flap issue. If you flatten it and push it through before trying to get the metal piece through, then it comes out easily. I sure felt like I looked dumb trying to get the buckle out though with how much I fought with it before figuring out what was stopping it from going through.

FWIW, I've never noticed those dates on my Nauti buckle, but we always have the belly pad on so I don't think I would have noticed.

 

emandbri

Well-known member

• Nov 12, 2009

• #14

I'm glad to see others have problems too. I was trying to change it on a friends and gave up.

 

firemomof3

New member

• Nov 12, 2009

• #15

wendytthomas said:

Swearing works for me. That and breaking fingernails.

Wendy

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:ROTFLMAO:

 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician

• Nov 12, 2009

• #16

<snicker> Send that picture to Russ, they are tongues, darn it, not tongs

Anyway... the one at BRU was uneventful, unless it was such an unpleasant memory that I've actually blocked it out (it WAS a few months ago, after all...)

 

unityco

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Nov 12, 2009

• #17

crunchierthanthou said:

Is there a trick? I swear, it makes me... swear.

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*I* think there is, and I'll be danged if I know what it is. :shrug-shoulders: Sometimes it slips out *so* easily, and others it's like you say - a real struggle. I don't know what I do differently to get the different results.

No real advice, I guess, just empathy.

 

NannyMom

Well-known member

• Nov 12, 2009

• #18

I've had some that were super easy, and some that were super hard. I've always been afraid of looking stupid at a check if I couldn't do it.

 

Raegansmom4

New member

• Nov 12, 2009

• #19

My GN buckle SUCKS to get in and out!! I swear and sweat... But, I've found the less I try to be rough and "force" it through, the easier it goes?? It takes some finesse. Why does it feel like I just said a dirty thing? Something my dh would snicker about...