Stainless hard top mods - advice needed
Submitted by z00m on Fri, 2015-12-18 21:30
I have a question about modifying the legs of a hard top to suit a different boat.
The rear leg mounting is too narrow to fit my boat where they need to mount.
What I need to do is widen the rear legs from 1950mm to 2100mm so that would be 75mm per side.
My question is, would creating a relief cut at the top of the leg and then having that welded up once the leg is bent out to the correct angle be possible and/or practical?
Widening the top structure would be ideal but then the hard top mounting points wouldn't line up.
The legs are 32mm stainless tube.
Picture below may help explain.
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scotto
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yep
I see no problem with doing that as you described.
You might have to fill the weld up a bit or cover with a small bit of plate, to close the bigger gap the relief cut and bending will produce.
holth
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Only problem l can see is if
Only problem l can see is if there are feet attached to the legs. These wont sit flat on the gunnels if you open it out.
z00m
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Thanks
Thanks guys, was thinking maybe the same method could be applied to the bottom of the leg to get the mounts to sit flat again. I could always shim the mounts with a wedge of nylon or similar.