Weather Equipment Assembly - Caterham Seven Owner's Handbook Manual

the appropriate slot and tightened by pulling on the
adjuster strap. A harness should feel tight when
warn and not allow any movement of the
torso. Although this feels restrictive at first, a driver
will quickly get used to and ultimately prefer this
feeling in a Seven.
To exit from the harness, the spring loaded buckle
is rotated 90deg.
4-point and 6-point harness
Harness adjustment
Slide the tail strap web through the metal three bar
slide to set up the perfect strap length. The
shoulder strap adjusters should sit on the breast
bone, by doing this first you will ensure that the
comfort pads are located in the correct position.
Tighten the lap straps first making sure the release
buckle is in a central position, final adjustment is
taken up by pulling down on the shoulder straps.
WARNINGS!
Always check your harness regularly for chaffing,
stitch damage or hardware corrosion. Pay particular
attention to areas that may not be visible such as
under seat or cowlings.
Petrol, battery acid, bleach or similar solvent must
not spill onto the webbing.
Always wear your harness as tight as comfort will
allow but no tighter as loss of circulation may occur.
Always replaces a harness that has been involved
in an accident or damage has taken place.
Never make any changes to your system either by
cutting and re-sewing webbing or by modifying the
hardware.

Weather equipment assembly

Erecting the hood is relatively straightforward if the
correct procedure is followed. Therefore we
recommend that
adopted:-
i) Erect the hoodsticks slacken the buckles to
allow the front hoodsticks to collapse forwards
over the roll bar.
ii) Unfold the hood and popper it onto the
windscreen first.
iii) Stretch the rear of the hood over the back of
the car and clip it over the poppers situated on
the back panel starting at the outside and
working into the centre.
iv) Attach to the remaining poppers on the sides
of the vehicle.
v) From the inside of the car, tension the hood by
pulling on the loose end of the straps re-
tensioning
automatically lock in position when released).
The straps should be adjusted until the front
hoodstick is in line with the hood seam. (See
Fig 7).
vi) The Velcro lined strips inside the hood should
now capture
prevents the hood from ballooning at speed.
vii) The tops of the sidescreens tuck under the
flaps on the hood sides in order to make the
hood watertight. At the rear, however, the
sidescreens overlap the hood.
Tensioning the hood
Removal and storage
To remove the hood slacken the buckles and
remove in reverse to the above. (Vii to i)
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the following sequence
the buckle (the buckle
the front hoodstick,
is
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