Mark18
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| posted on 20/8/05 at 04:19 PM |
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Windscreen to support fixing
How is this done? I'm petrified of cracking that glass - A load of 4mm rivets would hardly do?
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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chrisg
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| posted on 20/8/05 at 05:11 PM |
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Do you mean fixing the glass to the frame?
I used Sikkaflex inside a rubber moulding from Woolies.
Or fixing the frame to the upright?
I drilled holes in the frame, countersunk on the inside, 2ba screws through from the inside into tapped holes in the support which didn't go all
the way through the material.
They're stopped from undoing by the afore mentioned rubber moulding round the frame and by loctiteing the screws.
works for me.
I could draw you a sketch if it's not clear.
Cheers
Chris
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Mark18
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| posted on 21/8/05 at 10:11 AM |
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Sorry I meant actually fixing the windscreen to the pillar support things. My problem is that it's a Luego screen and the aluminium surround
seems to be stuck fast to the rubber/glass so countersinking may not be an option. Is there another way to do this before I try to pry the thing
apart? A phonecall to Grant might be in order tomorrow.
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 21/8/05 at 10:51 AM |
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Mark , when I did mine I laid the pillar supports on top of each other , marked and drilled the holes for both the pillar to scuttle fittings and also
the pillar to screen screws . Get an extra pair of hands and place the screen in place on scuttle with pillar in position. Did one side at a time ,
then mark through the pillars onto screen frame , very carefully drill and tap screw holes . DO NOT GO TO FAR WITH DRILL OR TAP . Counter sink pillar
and secure using short countersunk screws, check alignment and repeat for other side. Use loctite on screws
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chrisg
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| posted on 21/8/05 at 04:11 PM |
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Ooooooooo!
Do be careful, I didn't realise the glass was already in. Perhaps a depth guage on the drill bit is called for.
Cheers
Chris
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 21/8/05 at 06:17 PM |
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May be worth removing glass from screen before drilling / tapping , suspect frame would then be "wobbly" so perhaps cutting a piece of ply
using the glass as a template to restore rigidity might be a good idea?
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Marcus
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| posted on 22/8/05 at 08:10 PM |
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Caterham use 3 M5 rivnuts in each side. Just make sure the bolts are short enough!!
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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