This has come up a few times before, her is my message from April which was copied from my message about 4 years ago :
from my old post to the list: Can't help you with the stuck bolts but I replaced the hold downs with stainless ones from West Marine, these to be specific: <http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay? storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=71910&catalogId=10001& classNum=340&subdeptNum=323&storeNum=2> one of the sizes shown fits pretty good. I used stainless bolts (1/4"), flat and lock washers, and drilled out holes in rack slightly to fit the bolt. They stand higher than the stock hold downs which I think is a good thing. Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
On 27-May-06, at 2:28 AM, Phil Menchions wrote: Hi volks, I'm gathering everything necessary for a complete painting/ refurbishing of the poptop, however, the only source I see for the cleats at Gowesty shows them out of stock. I don't see them on the Bus Depot's site or any others for that matter. Does anybody know of another source for these, perhaps even a non- automotive source such as a marine supplier? Cheers, Phil '89 Westy |
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