[Rhodes22-list] Chainplate reinstallation

[Stephen Staum]

Thanks Ron

Stephen

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On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Ronald Lipton <ronald.lipton at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> One word of caution.  I rebedded my aft lower chainplate a couple of  
> years ago.
> I expected the chainplate to go straight down along the cabin wall  
> so I drilled a hole
> in the cabin liner - no chainplate.  It turns out that the  
> chainplate is bent by 90
> degrees and bedded under the plywood spacer.  I replaced the rotted  
> wood and
> epoxyed around the chainplate.
>
> Ron
>
> On 9/1/11 8:13 AM, Lowe, Rob wrote:
>> I used a backing block is just a piece of 1X4, just something to  
>> hold the screws.  I used machine screws with nuts.  But again I  
>> used nylon since I wanted a break away function.  Now that I look  
>> closely at what Slim did, he might have used sheet metal screws on  
>> both sides to provide the same ability.  I don't think you want a  
>> strong though bolt that won't give should another serious problem  
>> occur.  If you're discussing with Stan, might see what he  
>> recommended.  Or maybe Slim will chime in. - rob
>>
>>
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