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Old 03-22-2023, 12:45 PM   #28
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Default Maybe new 1" metal strips, on the shell underside?

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Originally Posted by Wavery View Post
Now that I think of it, The upper attachment of the lift arm to the roof could be problematic. It isn't designed to have much force on it at all. In fact, that could be the hardest problem of all.
With my TM closed in the garage (it's snowing AGAIN), I can't inspect that upper attachment roller bearing mount. But if the length of mount back plate plate (front to back, against the shell) is short, without an adequate number of screws to resist the new front to back horizontal forces, I could maybe put in a new and longer "metal strip" against the shell underside, providing a steel-to-steel connection between the mount and the new back plate. The presumably weaker "strip to-shell" screws could be then be added in a larger number, providing better resistance against those additional front-to-back sliding forces.
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