Graco SR30? 32? harness adjuster

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cmm7

New member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #1

Yesterday at our check there was a Graco infant seat that puzzled us. Not sure exactly which one it was as it wasn't my car, but I was pulled over to see if I knew what was going on. The harness was nearly impossible to adjust and when we flipped the seat over, there was something it was threaded through that wasn't allowing it to slide freely. I am not sure how to describe it. It was, I guess, similar to how you adjust a bike helmet, though it was metal and obviously larger. But that kind of threading. In order to adjust the harness you had to loosen it there first. Does anyone know what I am talking about? I told the tech (she was the woman running the event) that I had no idea what it was or how to fix it. What was it and is it normal?

 

marchofemily

Member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #2

I have a SR30 & have had a SS1/SR32. None of them had any weird contraption. The SS1 had a piece of plastic at the back that you had to make sure the harness went through to the yoke, but it didn't impede the flow of the harness.

 

lovemybabybug

New member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #3

I don't think it's a SR30. It's the SR sold at Target, I think it goes up to 22 lbs. It has no front adjuster, only through the back. IT's a PITA, in my opinion. SIL has one, adn needless to say the baby never gets bucled correctly because she doesn't want to deal with a djusting it, so she leaves it loose.

http://www.target.com/Graco-Snugrid...olor-bin,price&searchRank=pmrank&frombrowse=1

 

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cmm7

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• Jul 6, 2011

• #4

No, it was a front adjust seat. It was something underneath the seat, right below the crotch buckle, on the adjuster strap. This seat had the plastic harness guard, too. This was below that. I wish I had snapped a picture.

 

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SusanMae

Senior Community Member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #5

Is it possible that someone threaded the harness adjuster strap through the metal peice that keeps the crotch buckle in? I have no idea---just pure speculation.

Susan

 

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rodentranger

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• Jul 6, 2011

• #6

SusanMae said:

Is it possible that someone threaded the harness adjuster strap through the metal peice that keeps the crotch buckle in? I have no idea---just pure speculation.

Susan

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:yeahthatlove:I see it all the time on handed-down seats.

 

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SusanMae

Senior Community Member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #7

rodentranger said:

:yeahthatlove:I see it all the time on handed-down seats.

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They would have to have taken it all the way out of the a-lock though to do that. What people won't do!

Susan

 

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cmm7

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• Jul 6, 2011

• #8

Hmm... maybe that is right. They said they were the original owners and said they had never even removed the cover but who knows. Man, do you ever wish you were able to contact someone after a check event? I think she ended up just adjusting it to proper tightness and saying not to loosen/tighten every time and to call Graco.

 

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SusanMae

Senior Community Member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #9

You should have their contact info on their check form. Since you suspect you've figured it out, why not call them and ask if you can see them again? Do it during Graco's business hours so you can call customer service with parents if needed.

Susan

 

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cmm7

New member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #10

Will she still have it even though it was a SafeKids event? She would have to contact them as they lived 40 min south of the event and I am another hour and a half north. Plus, she was the one checking the seat. I will shoot her an e-mail, though, and see what she says.

 

marchofemily

Member

• Jul 6, 2011

• #11

So this was a new seat or not? One of my daycare clients has a rear-adjust SR22. I will look under the cover in the morning & see if I see anything odd. Do you want me to take a pic?

 

murphydog77

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Jul 7, 2011

• #12

There's a pic of the bottom of the Snug30 here: http://carseatblog.com/6817/kim-2010-updates-and-news-part-2/ . The only thing different about this seat from the other Snugs are the plastic "ribs" that the harness must be threaded through before being looped onto the splitter plate. I'm not sure what the purpose is for these ribs, but they don't sound like the problem you're talking about.

 

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cmm7

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• Jul 7, 2011

• #13

marchofemily said:

So this was a new seat or not? One of my daycare clients has a rear-adjust SR22. I will look under the cover in the morning & see if I see anything odd. Do you want me to take a pic?

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It was a newer one going by the buckle as it was the new buckle. I will see if the tech who did the seat can give me any more info on it, but the more I think about it the more it seems the adjuster strap was simply through the crotch buckle.

 

marchofemily

Member

• Jul 12, 2011

• #14

Let me know if you need any pics of the 22 rear adjust vs 30. I can take them tomorrow.