nikonron
Senior Member
You'll only need to lock one side of the turnbuckle. I just ordered some 5/16 locking wing nuts off of Ebay. Ron
Just out of curiosity, what's the length of the bolts? I'd assume they are = thickness of plywood + plate thickness + thickness of washer + thread height + extra. They look to extend quite far in the picture and might make the install of the turnbuckle a bit challenging.Stan@FourWheel said:It is pretty easy to replace the eye nut on the camper base. Parts are available at most any hardware store.
Sometime you can even put the new eye nut in the camper while it is still on the truck (depending on what eye nut broke).
There are some easy ways to upgrade and strengthen them at the same time too.
1. Replace the "elevator bolt" with a Grade 8 bolt instead.
2. Install an aluminum or steel reinforcement plate on the top (inside the camper), and outside (if you want), optional.
Hope this helps for the moment.
For the past several years we have been installing tie downs on the base differently and with different brackets, so you can upgrade to those too if you want.
Feel free to call us if we can help with anything else.
Thank you.
Hi kmcintyre - I used 2.5" bolts; the originals were probably 2"? The new ones do extend out further than the factory ones, but the turnbuckles still fit just fine, plenty of room in the eyebolt. We just did up a trip up to Yosemite with the camper/new reinforced tie downs...happily, nothing exciting to report!kmcintyre said:Just out of curiosity, what's the length of the bolts? I'd assume they are = thickness of plywood + plate thickness + thickness of washer + thread height + extra. They look to extend quite far in the picture and might make the install of the turnbuckle a bit challenging.