robb
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Post by robb on Nov 11, 2013 16:36:46 GMT -5
It appears I've snapped the rivets when I opened up my shell the other day. The Hinge also appears to have frozen or rusted to the point that I can't move it by hand. This ever happen to anyone here?
When I can I think I'll soak the hinge in breakfree and try and get it moving again. I can try to drill out the broken rivets, but before I do, if anyone has been down this road before I'd like to compare notes before I damage something trying to fix it.
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Post by Steve on Nov 14, 2013 22:07:36 GMT -5
That's funny, I just finished replacing the hinges on mine. They are not rivets. There are bolts on the other side. At least on mine. I put slightly larger hardware on. Drilled it out. There are metal plates in the fiberglass that give support
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Post by robb on Nov 18, 2013 9:57:56 GMT -5
Thanks for that. They sure look like rivets on the outside of my hinges but I haven't had a change to open it up and look. Did yo find matching hinges? Mine are rusty and if I could replace with a better hinge I may. Where did you find them? Stainless steel by any chance?
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Post by Joe Mama on Mar 20, 2015 22:16:09 GMT -5
Just doing this myself, picked up stainless hinges ($$$) and stainless hardware ($$), because my backmost hinge rusted and broke, looks like original hardware is 10-24ss bolts to not-stainless nyloc-nuts(buried in the fiberglass) through not stainless hinges. also broke one of two big springs that control/dampen the opening/closing of the 'nest, anyone got a good spring fabricator?
I replied to another post that simplified things with an email address, if you have any insight into my big spring replacement quandry please email me at: transientjoe@yahoo.com
Cheers, Joe
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