under belly re-install
happy saturday -- I am removing the underbelly of my 5er to do some work. All of the bolts holding it up are completely rusted and any effort to take them off results in snapping the heads....obvi...
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Almot wrote:LarryJM wrote:
... a system to prevent the material from sagging using a "no drill" system.
I understand aluminum angles holding the belly where it's sagging. But you still have to fasten those angles to the frame? If "no drill", then you have to use existing old holes.
You didn't look at all the pictures nor read the captions. The aluminum angles are held to the frame with "beam clamps" which require no drilling or use of holes. That whole underbelly redo did not require drilling A SINGLE ADDITIONAL HOLE in the frame. The existing holes where the original sheet metal screws were, were tapped to accept the 1/4x20 nylon bolts and even those didn't require a pilot drill hole since the sheet metal screw hole was just right for the 14x20 tap.
Larry
