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billintomahawk
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This is a ...nightmare in aluminum. Check this.
I bought it, now to fix it? If I can. Looks harmless but there is a big spring inside the strut arm.
It wants to knock your teeth out.
Well I got it apart with luck and a bench vice, punches, screwdrivers and a big f-en hammer.
Snap! and it shot out the bottom of the tube when I released the cable on the other end.
This whole deal gets a maybe. Gonna need a welder that knows.
bill in tomahawk
Thule- new awning option
I chose not to glue the brackets to the roof going against the Thule directions. I did upgrade the 6mm bolt to a 5/16" and enlarged the hole in the supplied mounting rail bracket. To keep the bottom of the Thule brackets from scratching the roof surface, I covered them with 3M 8067 tape. So...
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I bought it, now to fix it? If I can. Looks harmless but there is a big spring inside the strut arm.
It wants to knock your teeth out.
Well I got it apart with luck and a bench vice, punches, screwdrivers and a big f-en hammer.
Snap! and it shot out the bottom of the tube when I released the cable on the other end.
This whole deal gets a maybe. Gonna need a welder that knows.
bill in tomahawk
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