Whilst I understand your point, I disagree with you giving suggestions as to how to avoid safety critical items getting tested.Plan B then:
You do not need to inspect:
a belt fitted with no corresponding seat.
Seats out next test.
That’s all you need to do. I’m not interested in any other of your opinions.
Id expect an ex tester to be a bit more prfoessional, rather than giving out bad, and initially incorrect, advice, on an open forum
Think twice about what advice you have actually given out ! Dangerous !
There’s only one set of standards that I worked to. The standards. I expect you are one of the nerds that think they know better and are always writing up telling everybody so in 'matters of Testing'.
No
Where did I give that advice to anyone? I quoted the rules and said what I did in my case.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But more people died in car crashes before we had any seat belts, airbags, energy absorbing steering columns, etc!
Saw that one but didn't think it was the same judging by the belt emitting from a slot encircled by the silver pipe:
So, I think this was the problem. I think this was cut to reroute around this pipe and basically make sure that it snagged and didn't retract, instead of going through the plastic slot. See picture for the other side below:
Don't even THINK it! Just.... NO!
They're locked on to the retractor drum in a variety of ways, none of them suited to being done by hand, to be honest. The tractor drum then has a long "clock spring" to make it wind the slack in, and that will go absolutely everywhere when you try and take it apart (don't ask me how I know this...)
