Schroth Harness: Re-certified?

[Erick]

I heard someone mentioned that if you have a harness that is out of date, that you can send it to some places (assuming manufacturer) that can test and re-certify that the harness is still in good shape.

Anyone here know anything about that?

Any info is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Erick

[der affe]

i know you can do it with deist belts and simpson, prob crowe too.
i am not sure about schroth, do they have a US manufacturing facility?

i know it wasn't super cheap to do it. IIRC deist charged about 1/2 the price of new belts to reweb and recert.

[Justin B]

Yeah, they reweb them, basically just keeps the metal pieces and just new actual belt material...

[kishg]

cost might not be a lot less than new belts..

[kohnmeister]

I talked to a rep from Simpson just a couple weeks ago. His words were that a re-web job is only as good as the hardware you are using. If you can have the hardware magnafluxed for cracks then it might be worthwhile. He said that less and less companies are doing it now for that reason.

[Lance Racing]

Simpson stopped any "rewebbing" service 7 years ago.

No major manufacture, including Schroth, is doing rewebbing.

I've been doing a lot of research on belts as we update our harness section of our road racing rules. I asked the various manufactures this specific question about rewebbing or restiching.

With the way they labratory test and certify harness systems, I can't see how they could take a belt in the field, work on it, and be able to say that it meets the testing requirements of a new belt.

BTW, Schroth has come out with an "Endurance" belt which is hands down the nicest harness system I've seen. Every little item that bugged you with your current belts are solved with these belts by Schroth. They only come in black, but who cares. They also cost $500, but they are FIA certified, which for most sanctioning bodies means they are good for 5 years. So I amortize that out at $100 a year for really good belts.

[Lance Racing]

Consider the 2" lap belt on your next purchase

I just got a new Harness system last fall (The Schroth Enduro). I took the advise of Joe Marko and got the 2" lap belts. Intuitively you would think that a 3" lap belt is better than 2", but that is not the case.

Here's a cut and paste that explains why:

"To explain why 2” webbing is more effective than 3” webbing, one needs to look at the shape of the human body. The Iliac Crest is the part of the pelvic bone that sticks out above the hips. 2” webbing fits entirely within that crest, where 3” webbing rides over the tips of the crest. The 3” webbing has less surface area by percentage than the 2” webbing which will cause more bruising on impact as “hot-spots” of force develop where the belt is making contact with the pelvic bone. Since the 2” webbing rides inside the crest it can be worn as much as 1” to 2” tighter and at the same time is more comfortable. Since the 2” webbing fits well within the Iliac Crest of the pelvis, it is less likely to slide up above the crest and cause submarining – a condition where the body slides down below the lap belt possibly causing internal organ damage. Research shows that the faster the pelvis is captured, the lower the resultant loads on the chest, head, and neck. There is no difference in the strength of the 2” webbing. All webbing (2” or 3”) must meet the same load tests. "

From a FAQ section on Elephant Motorsports

http://www.elephantmotorsports.com/contents/show/69

Note that 3" shoulder belts are still preferred, unless you are wearing a HANS.