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Originally Posted by BobRederick
. . . If only the upper shell is involved that makes it even easier. On my upper, one clamp is on the roof of my 3326 (door side) and one down at the bottom of the shell. The top one seems to just be in the aluminum skin and the skin flexes as the top shell moves. The latch has a deep groove worn into it from the stirrup, so this one is going to need maintenance in not too distant future. . .
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Bob, what are you referring to by the word "Clamp on the roof?" Popping some CherryQ rivets into the stock tube from the outside may help to prevent the tube from being pulled loose (downward) from the inner and outer panels. That repair won't, however, remedy the inherent weakness of the stirrup attachment method: attachment screws driven into very thin-walled tubing. Using a steel bar on the inside of the 1" tubes to spread the tensile stresses over a greater area of the tubes may be sufficient to keep the tubes from being loosened. Only time will tell if these repairs will provide a permanent solution.