My concern with running screws or rivets THROUGH the plastic (if I'm understanding correctly) and into the steel sleeve is that this could introduce stresses into the plastic at that point and eventually cause cracking. Certainly lots of other 18+ year old plastic on these vans gets brittle and cracks up with heat and age. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> writes: >> Anyone else done the SS screw bit? > > I had a front hose insert pop out on the road a few months ago on my > new-to-me GL. I ran a stainless tek-screw into the pipe in a gas > station parking lot, but just as something to keep the hose from > slipping off, as I had an appointment to make. I've been meaning to > pull the pipe and put the insert back in and do it right, but haven't > had time. It's held solid for a couple thousand miles so far.... but I > don't think I'd trust it for a long trip until I get the steel insert > put back in. > > I have the GoWesty brass insert kit in my other van. It's held the > inserts fast for 20K miles so far. It appears to be a good solution. I > will probably try riveting the steel insert with stainless rivets on > my other van. I reckon one solution will work as good as the other... |
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