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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks @pcmpete that gives me a good sense of where it needs to be.
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • Pat310Pat310 Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭
    Do some research on tefgel. From what I read it is supposed to insulate stainless screws from the aluminum top to prevent electrolysis. I used it when installing new nav light. Can’t hurt 

    http://www.tefgel.com/contain.php?param=tefgel_infor
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  • MarkBMarkB Member Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    YYZRC said:
    @pcmpete would you be able to take some photos of where the canvas attaches to the hardtop?  I need to install the U channel to hold the canvas bead.  Trying to get a sense of how deep the channel is installed at various points.


    You want to drill into the hard top? Is it 100% fibreglass? My EC260 radar arch was actually aluminum but had some kind of gelcoat on it, and if you dared drill into it, it was bad news ... would crack, spald, and if water gets under that layer and in particular freezes ... you will have a mess in no time.

    Boat Name: King Kong

    "Boat + Water = Fun"

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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep it’s aluminum covered in Bondo. 
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Knocked the snow off of her this morning. Only -12 today. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Installing the Flex Rail is the worst boat task I have ever tackled. Takes forever and not even slightly satisfying. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice jig @YYZRC!!
    2008 330EC
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    good job
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @oscar1 on your boat, how does the connector go into the track for the aft part of the canvas? And what holds it in place? Are there domes at the ends?

     
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    I going to take some pic for you today, but I have made a custom enclosure to fit my new hardtop. But they installed flexible track with stainless steel screws every 4inches in the front, rear and legs of the edge of the hardtop.
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2022
    Thanks so much @oscar1 !  I probably just need pictures of both ends, please.

    I am doing the same thing that you have done.  I have most of the flex track installed now.  I am guessing that part fits snug (the welt is the exact length of the track) and doesn't move.
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    Don't worry i will take a lot of pics from both side corner
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    Here are the pics from the enclosure. 


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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @oscar1 you are a mensch!  Thank you!  And that is some exceptional craftsmanship that your canvas guys did.  Wow!!
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    Yes, I was very happy with his job. by the way if  you need anything else just let me know
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  • MarkBMarkB Member Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks great!!

    Boat Name: King Kong

    "Boat + Water = Fun"

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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @aero3113 do you have any pics of the arch hinges open? I snapped this pic of the forward bolt but I am trying to determine how the hinge mounts to the hull. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I figured out how the flex rails work on the 360/370 hardtop. The upper rail is offset from the rail that runs up the leg of the hardtop. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @YYZRC I searched through my pics and I don’t have anything close up.


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here’s one more


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It’s through bolted like this. I think I’m wrong with the 3 bolts, I think it’s only 2.


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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You're awesome, thanks @aero3113 !  That answers my question.

    I think you are correct about how it is thru-bolted and I think that's where @oscar1 had to be creative.  The base of the hardtop is about 1" thick so the bolts look to be about 1" too short.

    @oscar1 do you remember how you fixed this? Are the bolts accessible through the speaker hole perhaps?
    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    I have to remove the cockpit refrigerator, and storages box in the starboard side to get to the bolt, in the port side i remove the seat locker plus the garbages bins to get to the bolt and i used stainless steal coupling nut and stainless steal stud to extend the length of the factory stud and a lot of 3m 5200  
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2022
    Holy @oscar1 ! Nightmare! Was it not possible to completely remove the bolt and replace with longer?

    My boat has speakers right below the arch mount so hopefully I can access there. 


    2008 350 EC on Georgian Bay
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