Bolt through webbing?

[aquaregia]

I recently got a backplate with webbing that had been cut to fit a ten year-old. Naturally, it doesn't fit me I was going to head down and buy some webbing to replace it when I remembered about the riveted hole that attaches it to the backplate. How do I install this? Melt a hole with a hot rod and pop-rivet?

 

[kanonfodr]

Just buy new webbing, it will be cheaper and less stress inducing. You shouldn't need a rivet to hold the harness itself in place, tri-glides do just fine if you're worried about your harness moving on you.

Peace,
Greg

 

[aquaregia]

Oh certainly, I was going to replace all the webbing. So the rivet isn't essential?

 

[kanonfodr]

Not in my (albeit limited) experience, especially with a hog harness. Sometime you will have to burn/cut/punch a hole in the harness to clear one of the upper bolt holes for either an STA or doubles bolts, but by no means is a rivet or anything else required. I use the triglides more for extra peace of mind that my harness won't self-adjust over time, that's about it. My DSS plate doesn't even require the triglides as it has rubber harness keepers built into the plate.

Peace,
Greg

 

[craracer]

You can go to, of all places, WalMart and get a grommet kit (sporting goods area) that is pretty cheap. It comes with everything you need except a hammer, and they come in numerous sizes. They are really easy to install. Home Depot probably has them as well.

You can get webbing at an outdoor camping/sporting goods store, such as REI.

I used these on my front pocket of my BP/W to facilitate water draining.

 

[Gombessa]

So the rivet isn't essential?

I don't think it is. I made the hole in my webbing with a heated steak knife and didn't put a grommet on it. 150 dives later, the hole is just fine (and in better shape than the hole in my aluminum backplate, which has worn down a bit by getting put on and taken off the bolts on my tanks).

 

[BobbyT22]

I echo what others have said. No rivet for me, just triglides on the bottom slits hold the webbing just fine. I punched a hole in the top part to allow a STA using an awl, and that is it.

 

[RJP]

Heat a Philips head screwdriver over the stove, push it through webbing, put webbing on the plate. Done.

 

[halocline]

Are you talking about the crotch strap attachment or the center channel upper hole for the wing? The crotch strap is usually attached with a tri-glide and the upper hole is just a hole in the webbing for the sex bolt (single tank) or manifold bolt (doubles) to go through. I've never seen or heard of a rivet in a hogarthian harness.

 

[TSandM]

Since the harness material between the two shoulder slots doesn't move, it really doesn't need a metal reinforcement. Grommets are much more critical in sites where the material will be forced into contact with whatever perforates it.