Hi all. The rear table on my Westy broke on the last trip. From too much leaning on it to get stuff (read: super heavy parts box) from clothes closet. The screws stripped out. It appeared this had happened before. There were 8 holes chewed out by stripped screws. Since there were dents/scratches on the table top, and last fix didn't hold, I figured through bolting was a strong solution and wouldn't mar it's looks. I drilled through stripped holes, drilled a bigger hole roughly half way through from top for washers (small + bigger) and used #8 machine screws/nuts with the washers. I filled the holes up top with LePage Plastic Wood. It took a few applications. That stuff actually set up harder than I thought it wood (pun intended) Originally I was going to fill holes with bungs so drilled a little too deep from top. In hindsight I wouldn't have bothered, drilled less deep and gone straight to the wood filler. Kinda hard to cover up the fix. I tried some leftover off white bathroom enamel paint, but it didn't match. It ain't pretty, but it never was. I think it's stronger than before. We'll see. Cheers, Neil.
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