pantera43

Like seats and harnesses, does a Hans have a expiration time when it needs to be replaced?

Many thanks,

Dan

Veloce Raptor

AFAIK, no, but the tethers should be refreshed...but I forget the recommended interval.

pantera43

Veloce, very much appreciate the info. I'm just getting ready to pull the trigger on a new used one dated 2011. That helped.

Dan

Thundermoose

I thought they did, but that you can send it back to HANS to get it "re-certified."

http://hansdevice.com/SFI-Recertification-Program

DDun911

They do expire or they did.
they need to be recertified after 5 years.
They recertified for 15 plus the cost of new teathers if you need them.
I understand the new ones do not expire but I don't know when that started.

Matt Romanowski

I believe the expiration is for SFI, not FIA. The recert is for SFI.

Mahler9th

Some older HANS devices only have SFI cert. Since at least 2006, and likely before, HANS devices have come with both SFI and FIA certifications.

Recently SFI have issued a ruling that requires re-certification (see SFI web site) after a specified period. Some sanctioning bodies have decided to go along with that ruling. See the rules for the sanctioning body(ies) with whom you will race.

However, for HANS devices with both certs., the FIA usually takes precedence, and since it does not have an "expiration," then the SFI expiration is no longer valid. And no sanctioning body I know of requires recertification of a HANS with both FIA and SFI ratings.

So a newer HANS "does not expire."

Only one sanctioning body I know of, BMWCCA, requires replacement of tethers at regular intervals.

There are a few previous threads on this.

I last studied all of this in great detail a year ago as I wrote the rules for one of the sanctioning bodies. It may have changed in the last 12 months but I doubt it.

So if the product has both certs., you don't have to do anything unless you want to race with BMWCCA, in which case you need to follow their rules on tethers.

Skypalace

Note that there are some design changes that might be worth having.

My original HANS (bought in 2001) has been recertified (I needed an SFI sticker for a particular sanctioning body), but I since replaced it with a newer model, primarily as the older HANS models did not have the 'lips', so it's easier for the shoulder belts to slip fully or partially off.

This was fine when running sprint races and I have plenty of time to verify proper placement of belts etc., but for endurance racing and quick driver changes, I wanted to decrease the liklihood of a problem, both with belts, and the corners of the HANS getting caught during quick driver changes. So for Daytona I went with a HANS Sport 2, which though not 100% carbon is actually lighter than my original full-carbon HANS, and has pronounced lips (more so than the full carbon HANS) and a fully rounded shoulder.

Bailey-86-MA

HMS Motorsport can re-certify. I think cost is about $100 which includes new tethers.

LuigiVampa

Hans Gruber sure expired in the first Die Hard. .....just sayin'

pantera43

Hey Guys thanks for all chiming in. Great information. Since this Hans has stickers from March 2011 I at least know I'll be good the next three years. After that hopefully get a recertification without laying out money for a complete new one.

Many thanks,

Dan

924RACR

IOW... the HANS doesn't expire, but the SFI stickers do.