Shoulder Belts

[robert7467]

Does anyone know where I can find installation instructions to install shoulder belts? I bought some from Alan with the parted out M20C. These look like they have a clamp that goes around the steel roll cage. Or does anyone have any pictures? These are not the inertia reels.

[jetdriven]

Here is the clamp installed on the LH side. it fits over the tube, and under the skin. Real small clearances there. The LH side is a real bear to force in there, it took some filing on the clamp and bending it a bit, I finally drove it in. the RH side goes in pretty easy.

 

Alpha aviation has the instructions on their site

[N601RX]

http://www.alphaaviation.com/PDFs/M20AthruGHARDWARE.pdf

 

[Alan Fox]

These are the genuine mooney upgrade ..... When you get the clamp around the tube , you should drill a small hole and put a screw in it so it cant rotate or slide......

[jetdriven]

When I dogged down that clamp, you could lift the airplane with it and it wouldn't move. You can drill a hole in the clamp, but I dont know if you can drill a hole in the tubular structure of the airplane without a DAR or Mooney engineering blessing.

[Alan Fox]

When I dogged down that clamp, you could lift the airplane with it and it wouldn't move. You can drill a hole in the clamp, but I dont know if you can drill a hole in the tubular structure of the airplane without a DAR or Mooney engineering blessing.

Take a look at any mooney cage , They have hundreds of screws protruding in them...

[M204ever]

"Take a look at any mooney cage , They have hundreds of screws protruding in them..."

 

Correct !   

[robert7467]

Thank you guys!

[jetdriven]

"Take a look at any mooney cage , They have hundreds of screws protruding in them..."

 

Correct !   

That is correct, and Mooney engineering has them all in the drawings. That spar has plenty of holes in it, but put a #30 drill but through the center spar and ask them about that.

[HRM]

That is correct, and Mooney engineering has them all in the drawings. That spar has plenty of holes in it, but put a #30 drill but through the center spar and ask them about that.

 

"The Don" has photos of a Mooney where that was done--was not pretty, safe or legal.

[triple8s]

If one were to be involved in an accident violent enough to slip/rotate the clamp and bend the attaching bolt to the point of breaking I would have very serious doubts that it would be a survivable impact. I would get written approval before drilling in,to any structural component. I don't like surprises.