John, I have worked on avionics and air frame mechanics have very hard rules. One is never to drill a hole in any structural member. It weakens the whole structure - unpredictably. I would suggest putting a hose clamp at the point you would drill a hole. Dave Christianson At 02:57 PM 12/13/2001 -0800, you wrote: >I've had one of the front inside saddles shift towards the >center of the cross bar at 65 mph, and I was real glad I had the b/s lines. > >Along this train of thought, has anyone ever drilled a small hole through the >saddle mounting flange that straddles the cross bar and the cross bar itself, >and then run a bolt through both so this won't happen? FYI, Thule has a >square >cross sectional profile cross bar. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 08:11:04 PST
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