Silverado center seat

pj2rc · May 23, 2010

DH has a Silverado ... I want to say 04, but could be off by a year. The rear outboard seats have locking shoulder belts, but the center seat is lap only. I have always had to use locking clip, which I hate, to get DD's seat in the middle since DH is 6'5" and needs to put his seat back so far. On various other posts I have seen mention of lap belts that have a built in locking clip .... I don't see that on his, am I missing it or is it not there? (re: LATCH -- I don't use it for his because he took the latch off the seat :thumbsdown: one time because he is a moron!

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bobandjess99 · May 23, 2010

You can never use a locking clip on a lap only belt.
The lap belt will either have a lokcing mechanism on it, so you'll pukll to tighten, or the belt itself will have a locking retractor, in which case you have to feed tghe belt back in to tighten. If it does neither of those, you have to get a Belt Shortening Clip, ,which is like a locking clip but much, muuch stronger. Please, you muust'nt use a locking clip in that position. Can you give more info about the belt? or a pic? Does it ratchet back in?

pj2rc · May 23, 2010

I know it doesn't ratchet. Right now the seat is FF in the other outboard because I couldn't get t back in last time he took it out (and won't fit RF behind him). I will look at it tomorrow and post back. Thanks ... its been awhile since I changed the seats out, but I know I read all the manuals and don't remember seeing that about no locking clip.

bobandjess99 · May 23, 2010

no problem, thats just one of the "OMG" type things, because a locking clip will NOT hold in a collision, so it's just a very scary, dangerous type of misuse. If the belt does not tighten/lock in any way, by ratcheting back in or by having a tightener built into the male end to cinch it (locking latchplate), you use something called a belt shortening clip, which is like a locking clip, but strong enough to actually withstand crash forces.
A locking clip is a pre-crash positioner only, it only holds up for the split second prior to the belt locking when you have an emergency lokcing retractor (the kind that locks up only in a crash, versus locking all of the time) and then the belt takes the force of the crash.

zactayaus · May 23, 2010

Your Silverado's center lap belt only should have a locking latchplate that has a bar on the bottom. The latchplate locks when the seat belt webbing is parallel or side by side to the latchplate. The seat belt and latchplate must lay flat to remain locked.

pj2rc · May 23, 2010

ok .. fixed it. It just "locks" ... I like the way th shoulder belts havin a racheting retractor, so you can hear it. This is a bit nervewracking... lol. I also pulled out all the manuals to see what I missed. Neither said NOT to use locking plate on the lap belt. The vehicle manual just said to check the car seat manual, then bascially said to pull the belt out, put it in place, clip it and pull to tighten. My assumption was if it didn't "retract" or have a visual lock, I needed the locking clip. The Car seat manual was very vague also. It did say the clip is used for shoulder/lap belts combos that don't lock in place... I guess the shoulder/lap combo was overlooked and just saw te "don't lock in place" .... jeez .. I really try and still got it wrong. No wonder there are some many errors.

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