Interpretation ID: aiam1171
Vice President
Jeep Corporation
14250 Plymouth Road
Detroit
MI 48232;
Dear Mr. Stewart: This is in reply to your letter of May 24, 1973, concerning th procedure for testing seat belt attachment bolts specified in section S5.2(c)(1) of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 209.; The attachment bolts that you describe have extremely long shoulder and are installed in the vehicle by being passed through a hat section before entering the floor pan. Your question is whether the test procedure of S5.2(c)(1) permits the hat section to be used in conjunction with the test fixture shown in Figure 3. It is our opinion that section S5.2(c)(1) permits some discretion in the manner in which the Figure 3 test fixture is to be used and that a hat section duplicating the section used in the vehicle would be permitted as part of the test apparatus. We therefore confirm your impression that you may use the hat section in testing your bolts.; Sincerely, Lawrence R. Schneider, Chief Counsel