WANTED: Piece of seatbelt arm

[jamescarruthers]

By reckoning there should be hundreds of these out there as the seatbelt arms break but the end piece with a roller that carries the belt often gets replaced too!

I have two of these but no roller in them as they're both a bit loose and let the roller go:
[img][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/ ... 691194.jpg[/img][/img]

Does anyone have one or two that they can part with, including the rollers, please?

They go here:
[img][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/ ... 0bf2e1.jpg[/img][/img]

I must be the only owner with intact arms but no guides for the belts at the end!

[CaptainQwerty]

The photos which are linked to above You doubled the

[jamescarruthers]

Thanks mate!!!

[robertjary]

Have a look at Shapeways:

http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=volvo+480

[hebruins]

That arm looks broken to me, the end where the end piece would connect to is missing a part...

[jamescarruthers]

That arm looks broken to me, the end where the end piece would connect to is missing a part...

Nope, this is an 87 ES and the design was different. Instead of being a barbed, push fit, the early ones go in at 90 degrees then lock in their usual position.

I can see why they chamged the design as it is easy to accidentally knock the belt carrier off.

Well spotted on the differences though mate!

[jamescarruthers]

Have a look at Shapeways:

http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=volvo+480

Brilliant, thanks. I'll ask if they can make the part I'm missing along with two rollers too.

Thanks Robert!

[gltease]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-480-Gur ... 3aaa641041

[hebruins]

That arm looks broken to me, the end where the end piece would connect to is missing a part...

Nope, this is an 87 ES and the design was different. Instead of being a barbed, push fit, the early ones go in at 90 degrees then lock in their usual position.

I can see why they chamged the design as it is easy to accidentally knock the belt carrier off.

Well spotted on the differences though mate!

Never knew that, also only ever seen the later ones. But that's the thing wih 480's: there's always something to learn!

[jamescarruthers]

If we're being geeky, then I have noticed the following on the early cars:

• Wheels are 0.5in wider (6J instead of 5.5J)
  Seatbelt buckles are slightly different
  Handbrake lever is slightly different
  Bottom two bars of info centre are red
  Info centre selector "units" button is a push button (instead of a pin hole)
  Tachometer is x100 instead of x1000 RPM
  Under-bonnet light is installed
  Steering wheel is a lighter grey (looks wrong in my opinion)
  Fog-light indicators in instrument clusters are both orange

[hebruins]

Most easily noticable differences are indeed on the instrument cluster.

Also there are some minor differences with the phase 2 (my91 and up) Like the little grill on the side panels in the bootspace. They differ in size.

[jamescarruthers]

Got some today. Driving back from Oxford to Cambridge and passed Lakes Volvo by chance on the A1. They had two in a J-reg black 480 that must have arrived in the last few months or so.