Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 I'm CADing up a new seatbelt sleeve for my seatbelts and 3d printing one for each side of my bench seat. These are the sleeves that go on the lower bolt of the B-pillar near the floor on the driver and passenger side. I cannot find these seat belt sleeves anywhere in good shape. The comanche bench seat sleeves seem to be longer and more square than the cherokee xj ones. Does anyone have good photos of a mostly intact MJ Bench seatbelt sleeve? All the ones I can find online are deteriorated. First image shows MJ one. Last one shows XJ version. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 My redesign so far. Opinions? Cloned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 where's the twist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 This is for the bottom seat belt anchor point for the bench seat belt. The sleeves are used so the seatbelt does not get jammed between the door and the seat, and between the cab wall and the seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 5 minutes ago, Pete M said: where's the twist? I have never seen these before wow. Is that an 86/87 only design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete M Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 my 88 has the non-AMC belts, I can check it in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Your design is accurate for the lower b-pillar end up to ‘88, from 89 up they look like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 ohhh, that's for the outer attachment point! I think it might be time for some sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 38 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said: Your design is accurate for the lower b-pillar end up to ‘88, from 89 up they look like this. My gosh, why did AMC change so many little things. Maybe they were not in full compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards? Who knows. Nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The86manche Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 I have this photo from my 86 that i cropped. Not sure if that helps at all. I think my seatbelts are in storage so i won't be able to get any sort of better photos right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 8 hours ago, Salvagedcircuit said: why did AMC change *cough* Chrysler *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 2 hours ago, The86manche said: I have this photo from my 86 that i cropped. Not sure if that helps at all. I think my seatbelts are in storage so i won't be able to get any sort of better photos right now. WOAH. It exists! I was about to say, if you had that length dimension, I would be forever grateful. Thanks for the photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 10” overall length and the clamshell portion is 3”. The Chrysler version is better in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, fiatslug87 said: 10” overall length and the clamshell portion is 3”. The Chrysler version is better in my opinion. Thanks! At least I have the '88 version down now. Off to the printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 I'd say it's a keeper Thanks @fiatslug87 for the length dimension! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Nice! What material is it made of? Can you make any color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 I selected PLA because it's interior and it should be enough to withstand direct sun. I wanted to get ABS but microcenter did not have any in a tan / honey color. It's nice to be able to take a broken interior piece into microcenter and just select the closest color shade and go with it. No need to buy 10 variants off amazon and return 9. Microcenter has a wall of filiment in many colors and shades. It's impressive. I went with this light brown from microcenter. It matches the tan / honey interior well. Yes, you can 3d print this in any color material. one spool cost me $8.32 in store. This is even cheaper than finding matching spray paint and painting an old part. The wall thickness is 2mm, just like the original, and the resulting part is very rigid. This may be better to print in PETG for flexibility. I did not realize how flexible the original parts are. This one is completely rigid. I'm going to see how it lasts and if it prematurely fails, I'll try PETG. Here's two .STL files. One has a more rectangular profile like the original '88 sheaths. The other one is more rounded like the later chrysler ones. Anyone can use it as they see fit. seat-belt-sheath-rounded.STL seat-belt-sheath-sq.STL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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