firsttracksbmax
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Has anyone done any repairs / fully replaced their lift panel, specifically the one over the bed?
I bought my ‘03 Eagle and it has almost half of the rivets on the bottom that have torn through the luan wood. I am worried that with the added weight I have on the roof (100-130lbs) that this will be an issue before I am able to install some gas struts. Of course I can take that weight off but I’d like to fix this before it gets worse. I’m in the northeast and a long way from any dealer to do the repairs.
How much pain is it to totally replace the luan? Surely seems like one, especially because I don’t have a speaker stand jack. Im considering just removing the failed rivets and placing a strip of 1/8” or /4” thick aluminum over where the luan ripped out and just riveting through it again. Hopefully that will bandaid the situation for awhile until I make a trek out west and decide to fully replace it with the canvas potentially. Thanks for any insight.
I bought my ‘03 Eagle and it has almost half of the rivets on the bottom that have torn through the luan wood. I am worried that with the added weight I have on the roof (100-130lbs) that this will be an issue before I am able to install some gas struts. Of course I can take that weight off but I’d like to fix this before it gets worse. I’m in the northeast and a long way from any dealer to do the repairs.
How much pain is it to totally replace the luan? Surely seems like one, especially because I don’t have a speaker stand jack. Im considering just removing the failed rivets and placing a strip of 1/8” or /4” thick aluminum over where the luan ripped out and just riveting through it again. Hopefully that will bandaid the situation for awhile until I make a trek out west and decide to fully replace it with the canvas potentially. Thanks for any insight.
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