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For those of you that have a Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade for crumb-cruncher hauling you may have noticed a flaw in GM’s logic. At least if you have 2 or more car seats so said crumb-crunchers. The “latch” system is a handy feature for securing the kids seats in our trucks. The problem is the lack of a 3rd latch location. The mid-row bench seat is 70-30 split with the latch anchors located on the 30 seat and in the middle location of the 70 seat. Guessing GM’s logic was that anyone loading children should be doing it from the curb. Likewise, the 30 seat is folded up from the curb side to allow people to get to the 3rd row. The problem is that nobody can get into the back row when 2 seats are “latched” in unless you remove one.
My oldest child is in a booster and she uses the truck’s belts. I want her seat on the 30 seat so it can be easily removed when the seat needs to be folded when the third row is needed. My solution was to forgo the “latch” system and use the belts to anchor the child seat behind the driver. This is a pain in the arse and it isn’t very secure. My solution was to add a “latch” location behind the driver since GM was too cheap to do it.
The first thing I did was go to the local boneyard and check out GM products for an ideal belt anchor. I was looking for the belt bracket that connects a belt to a pillar. My thought was to use it to connect the latch system to. I was cautious to look for a bracket that had an appropriate size hole where the belt wraps around. I found a converted Astro van with what I was looking for. Cost, $0. The counter guy let me just have it.
In the three pictures you’ll see the photo of the donor part still in the Astro. Then there’s a pick of the anchor bolt on the driver’s side C-pillar. The next photo is the additional anchor in place. Note that you’ll need the appropriate torx driver to remove the bolts in both your truck and the donor vehicle. The last photo shows the seat latched in place. For the other side of the seat, I used the left latch point for the middle seat. There was plenty of room.
For those of you that have a Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade for crumb-cruncher hauling you may have noticed a flaw in GM’s logic. At least if you have 2 or more car seats so said crumb-crunchers. The “latch” system is a handy feature for securing the kids seats in our trucks. The problem is the lack of a 3rd latch location. The mid-row bench seat is 70-30 split with the latch anchors located on the 30 seat and in the middle location of the 70 seat. Guessing GM’s logic was that anyone loading children should be doing it from the curb. Likewise, the 30 seat is folded up from the curb side to allow people to get to the 3rd row. The problem is that nobody can get into the back row when 2 seats are “latched” in unless you remove one.
My oldest child is in a booster and she uses the truck’s belts. I want her seat on the 30 seat so it can be easily removed when the seat needs to be folded when the third row is needed. My solution was to forgo the “latch” system and use the belts to anchor the child seat behind the driver. This is a pain in the arse and it isn’t very secure. My solution was to add a “latch” location behind the driver since GM was too cheap to do it.
The first thing I did was go to the local boneyard and check out GM products for an ideal belt anchor. I was looking for the belt bracket that connects a belt to a pillar. My thought was to use it to connect the latch system to. I was cautious to look for a bracket that had an appropriate size hole where the belt wraps around. I found a converted Astro van with what I was looking for. Cost, $0. The counter guy let me just have it.
In the three pictures you’ll see the photo of the donor part still in the Astro. Then there’s a pick of the anchor bolt on the driver’s side C-pillar. The next photo is the additional anchor in place. Note that you’ll need the appropriate torx driver to remove the bolts in both your truck and the donor vehicle. The last photo shows the seat latched in place. For the other side of the seat, I used the left latch point for the middle seat. There was plenty of room.
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