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RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:40 pm
by Erik (deleted)
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IMG_20220417_150501.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)IMG_20220417_150359.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)The very last bit. end stops fitted.



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#32

RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Apr 18, 2022 8:26 am
by Ray Lawrence | 667 Posts

Ha Ha, me too. Trouble is my "stainless steel" stops have gone rusty.


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#33

RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Apr 18, 2022 9:10 am
by Erik (deleted)
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yes they do look a little suspect, i am not convinced they are S Steel ,.


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RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:12 am
by eribaMotters | 5.298 Posts

Stainless steel will rust, even the better grades will tarnish, although the marine grade is very resistant. If you look at your kitchen stainless steel you will notice it may say 18/8 or 18/10, a higher grade. The first number refers to the chromium and the second to nickel. When you take cutlery out of your dishwasher you may well find tarnish marks on it from the aggressive action of the cleaning chemicals.

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#35

RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon May 02, 2022 2:49 pm
by Erik (deleted)
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Had the stainless end stops analysed, and they are 304 stainless odd wipe and they will be fine.


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RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed May 11, 2022 9:30 am
by Erik (deleted)
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bracket3.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)The last bit done.



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#37

RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed May 11, 2022 11:28 am
by eribaMotters | 5.298 Posts

I think there are very few of us who have fitted the bottom foot bracket for the Caravanstore.
I did it on my Famila, but only ever used the set-up once. It was a fiddly to get the fit of the foot into the bracket and clearance on the door was back to being tight as the roof angle was lower.
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RE: high roof rail

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:11 pm
by Erik (deleted)
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Having fitted these brackets...I now find they are a complete waste of time, the newer version which is 2.4 deep makes it impossible not to foul the door.
What we need is someone to fit the brackets near the waist band and find the optimum height required or find a way of locking the roller at a point which suits the lower bracket. All too late for me, mine are just decorative and seemed a good idea at the time. it wasn't.


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