| wire mold cover Panduit C3LG6 [message #217801] |
Sun, 11 August 2013 14:20 |
jayrabe
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Registered: June 2009
Location: Portland, OR
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Received the Panduit C3LG6 wire mold cover. Cut a short section and did a test fit. Good and bad news.
Good news:
On one side of my coach, it snapped in place and fit perfectly, if a little tight, resulting in a slight bow that you can see from the picture.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/panduit-wire-mold-cover/p50357-panduit-c3lg6-2.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/panduit-wire-mold-cover/p50356-panduit-c3lg6-1.html
Bad news:
* On the other side of the coach, the spacing between the wire channel frame rails was a little larger (what? these aren't precision machines??) and while I could get the Panduit on, it didn't fit down completely (apologies, didn't get pictures).
* Even on the side that fit well, removing them is challenging (see below). Good news is that material is PVC which flexes as opposed to whatever plasic the OEM covers were, which broke easily when removed.
Moving forward:
* Original design of these covers is for wire channels that have flexible fingers, so removal is no problem. On the GMC, that isn't the case. The Panduit has a barb on the lip that snaps over the channel frame, and I filed it down to about half or less to make removal easier. Even with that, you really need to have access to an end to get a screw driver under to pry them off. Not sure what I'll do about that in some areas.
* On the channels with wider spacing, again not exactly sure what I'll do. I'm thinking of just taking a dremel or other grinder and shaving off 1/16 or so from the channel frame along the length of it.
All in all a workable solution IMO. Cost was $26.69 for 6' which incl $5 S/H from Zoro Tools. Very quick delivery.
Jay Rabe
76 PB
Portland, OR
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