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Ok, more progress...
I had to spread that trim channel open with a vice to get it back on the roof so then I had to swipe a big clamp from work to pinch it back shut... but it is back on and the back board is DONE
Bulb seal is back on, I guess Northstar still makes a seal that fits old Skampers, mine don't seem too bad though.
So I start taking screws off to drop the canvas along the side. The torsion bar tube is over the canvas screws for a ways and was in my way so I dropped it off this front bracket which I didn't know wraps around and mounts to that side board too. And yes those are all baby spiders...
Yikes...
So I removed this bolt and it all fell apart. I was scared it was something to do with the torsion bar but so far it doesn't seem to.
Looks like most of the water damage was to the front.
The top two screws were fine, the bracket was loose after they were out and just pulled off. Major problem, any kind of a storm with the roof popped and I think we would have had a big problem. I really need to check that on the other side that I previously seemed solid. IMO the side screws should have been bolts thru the side like they did in the rear.
The angle bracket in the front corner of the roof was kind of soggy too...
The boards are so soggy at least to the front, I am just ripping them off in chucks with the aluminum channel still in place. The other board on the floor is the one from the back that put up such a fight.
And at midnight... I called it a night.
I had to spread that trim channel open with a vice to get it back on the roof so then I had to swipe a big clamp from work to pinch it back shut... but it is back on and the back board is DONE
Bulb seal is back on, I guess Northstar still makes a seal that fits old Skampers, mine don't seem too bad though.
So I start taking screws off to drop the canvas along the side. The torsion bar tube is over the canvas screws for a ways and was in my way so I dropped it off this front bracket which I didn't know wraps around and mounts to that side board too. And yes those are all baby spiders...
Yikes...
So I removed this bolt and it all fell apart. I was scared it was something to do with the torsion bar but so far it doesn't seem to.
Looks like most of the water damage was to the front.
The top two screws were fine, the bracket was loose after they were out and just pulled off. Major problem, any kind of a storm with the roof popped and I think we would have had a big problem. I really need to check that on the other side that I previously seemed solid. IMO the side screws should have been bolts thru the side like they did in the rear.
The angle bracket in the front corner of the roof was kind of soggy too...
The boards are so soggy at least to the front, I am just ripping them off in chucks with the aluminum channel still in place. The other board on the floor is the one from the back that put up such a fight.
And at midnight... I called it a night.
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