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boardjnky4
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Post subject: Re: Engine compartment support walls Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:55 am |
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I made mine with materials from Home Depot. Probably only cost $15. I used to bust the dividers constantly. Haven't had any issues since.
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richet
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Post subject: Re: Engine compartment support walls Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 2:12 pm |
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I just finished upgrading my 2015 A22 floor U channel as the 1100 bags where too much for them.(I was surprised when I removed them and there was only three 1/2 inch screws holding them in the hard tank cover). I went to home depot and bought the aluminium 1/2 inch U channel and 1 inch angle iron, in Canada the two 8 ft sections came in at about 35bucks. I also picked up some 1 inch #12 Stainless steel screws at bolt supply (home depot wanted 1.28each bolt supply was way cheaper). I removed the screws holding the hard tank cover and then screwed thru the 1 inch angle iron (pre-drilled holes) and hard tank cover into the fiberglass channel. To attach the u channel to the angle iron I used Gorilla glue. Be sure to make the new u channel approx. 44inchs long to support all the divider panels.
To beef up the removable divider I used 1inch square aluminium tubing (3 for each divider) and mounted using a flat head carriage bold.
Was out yesterday and it is working great but I did notice the back permanent divider piece was flexing about 1/2 an inch so I will put a 1 inch piece of tubing on that panel as well.
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JimFuller
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Post subject: Re: Engine compartment support walls (Fixed) Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:35 pm |
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I fixed the engine compartment problem. In addition to the Wakemakers kit, I also installed (3) galvanized "L" brackets along each wall. Bottom part of bracket slides under the floor and top part prevents the wall from pushing in. So far no problems on 3 outings.
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