On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Leonhardt, William J wrote: > I was shocked to see how the roof rack was attached to the vehicle. > There were press-thru nuts on the inside that didn't even have the > bearing area of hex nuts. Forget washers. Unfortunately, such fasteners for factory roof racks are common. My Kia Sedona's rack is attached with nothing more than threaded rivets into the roof sheet metal and not into the roof frame. And that's why tie-downs front and rear are a great idea. Al Vazquez KayakGuide.com - Places to Paddle - *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 23 2003 - 14:58:47 PDT
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