| Re: [GMCnet] how is the rear ladder attached? [message #88545 is a reply to message #88536] |
Mon, 14 June 2010 13:28   |
KB
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Registered: September 2009
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Thanks! I knew somebody on this amazing list would know. I'll have to see if I can find the special anchored nuts so I
can remove the ladder to paint the beast later without having to take the interior out (again). Lots on the list to do before that project.
thanks,
Karen
1973 23' Patience Tester
> I have recently taken off my (bent) ladder and know what it looks like on the back! My ladder was bent by a PO and I am not sure if the hardware is still stock, but this is what I have got:
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> Above the rear window they are just screws into the fiberglass. It is sufficiently reinforced on the back of the hatch at that point and just go into a blind hole. They are not visible or accessible from the back.
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> In the middle of the hatch, below the rear window, they are put in with those expanding nuts. I am not sure what the technical term for them is, but is like a T nut that compresses and expands to make an anchor. Larger version of what the clearance lights are mounted with.
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> Lower anchor is also the expanding nut.
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> Other than that, there is NO reinforcement on the interior. I am going to make backing plate for them before I reinstall a ladder. I already have my interior removed so a simple matter to just add something now.
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Karen
1975 26'
San Jose, CA
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