Thanks for the helpful comments, Steven. I removed the small screw from the middle bracket last night, but the poptop still hits the top of the middle bracket when I close it. I may need to remove that bracket -- but I like the security it provides. > I wrapped the "tongue" of the bracket that goes into the drip rail > with cold shrink tape, to keep from scratching the paint. The lower bracket tongues were also wrapped in black tape on the unit we saw at EveryBus. While my brackets are all clear of the body, I may wrap or dip mine just in case. > I glued the odd little nuts (that the clamp screws screw into) onto > the brackets, which makes it a little easier to tighten or loosen the > clamp screws to put the awning on or take it off. Plus, of course, > I never have to worry about losing the nut. Glueing the nuts is a great idea. The biggest PITA during installation was tightening the brackets -- the nut kept turning and there isn't much clearance to clamp them. > I didn't use the lower leg brackets - I didn't want to drill into the > side of the van. and there didn't really seem to be any advantage > over the "carport" configuration with the legs on the ground. The carport configuration was one of the selling points for me. I don't want people (me) walking into the legs and ceratinly don't want more holes in the bus. John '85 Westy |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.