Weak design element in the Q tower setup, IMHO is the clips. Engagement with the door frame varies and can be tricky to get it just right, e.g., TIGHT! I think that is what failed, from Kirks description. Kirk? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR -------- Original message -------- From Gerald Foodman <gfoodma_at_earthlink.net> Date: 09/16/2014 9:25 AM (GMT-08:00) To Victor Okunev <venuko_at_gmail.com> Cc Kirk Olsen <kork4_at_cluemail.com>,paddlewise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Subject Re: [Paddlewise] not a good morning I still don’t understand what exactly was the failure mode experienced by Kirk. Sounds like it was whatever is analogous to your Q-towers. Could these separate from the roof? How can one assure that these are “absolutely rock solid”? I attach my Thule cross bars to the factory roof rails, and I don’t know if the roof rails themselves could separate from the roof, though they also feel “absolutely rock solid”. I don’t know how likely the Q-towers are to fail. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 16 2014 - 09:39:00 PDT
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