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Can you give me the name of the company that redoes seat belts.
Thanks

Fraid I can't in the USA, I believe rewebbing them there is not a problem.

As for the EASA AD, if this IS an airworthiness issue, then surely any belts rewebbed before EASA came into play should have been included, which they are not.

Hello,

I am the owner of a 2006 C182T, EASA reg'd
Next year I will have to change the seatbelts (AMSAFE) as they will reach 10 years
Quotation for new ones is a bit north of $4500

I am looking for rebuilding as far as possible.
I guess AMSAFE alone would be able to do that ?

Does anyone would have a contact with them (nothing on the website) ?

Finally, Papa Oscar, could you tell us who you dealt with ?

Regards

Sounds to me like you blokes are being reamed mercilessly - and without lube as well.
We have a local company (Perth, Western Australia) that repairs seatbelts for every type of vehicle and aircraft ever made.
Their Vehicle seatbelt reconditioning meets all road and vehicle safety requirements and laws - and their aircraft seatbelt reconditioning arrangement is an approved CASA facility, that meets all Australian aviation laws and standards, and each repair or reconditioning comes with full traceability.
The reconditioning cost is nothing like the figures bandied around above. I have not had any aircraft seatbelts reconditioned, but I have had a truck seatbelt reconditioned by them recently. It took less than two hours, it cost AU$110, it came back looking like new, and it came complete with paperwork and certification for road vehicle use.

What's to stop you U.K. or European aircraft owners from sending your aircraft seatbelts to Western Australia to be reconditioned? Surely airworthiness certification for Cessna in Australia would meet airworthiness requirements in the U.K. and Europe??
What happens if I take an Australian VH-registered aircraft with locally-reconditioned seatbelts to the U.K. or Europe?
I'm sure it wouldn't immediately be declared un-airworthy, simply because the seatbelts were reconditioned overseas.

The cost of getting aircraft seatbelts reconditioned in Australia, even including allowing for freighting to Australia, would appear to be a fraction of the prices quoted above. Someone is having a very large rort in the above U.K. and European pricing.
We live in a global world today, and airlines regularly recondition and maintain their aircraft in far-flung locations, to keep their costs down. These arrangements seem to be able to be organised without any drama.

http://www.aircraftinteriors.com.au/...estraints.html

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Originally Posted by aelkaim (Post 9006696)

Amsafe in the UK should be able to reweb them and overhaul them as required, I have used them in the past, details here

AMSafe Aviation
Aviation Consultant
Unit V1 & V2 Forest Road, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7EH
020 8754 2700

France's details are here for airbags at least, call them.

http://www.amsafe.com/products-servi...europe/france/

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FWIW, Alpha Aviation in U.S. sells replacement Cessna Belts and kits to replace the fixed shoulder straps with inertia reels. I've installed the IR kit in my 172 and prefer them much better than the original fixed straps, which forever dangle haphazardly from the retainers.

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FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: All of our belts are stocked with domestic 8130-3 Airworthiness Certificates. If this is acceptable to your aviation authority, we can ship from stock. If a location specific 8130-3 is required, please allow 4 weeks to shipment as we will need to be created at the same time as the belts. EASA; we do not have formal EASA approval. Our belts have been sold & installed all over Europe and the United Kingdom without issue.

About $400/seat plus shipping in US.

Alpha Aviation Inc. - Aircraft Belts - 3 Point Diagonal Shoulder Harness Restraints