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Old 02-03-08, 01:24 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Top harness mountings.

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Originally Posted by Doug68 View Post
Hi All,



The intention is to put top-hat bosses into the horizontal tube and bolt up the eye bolt through that.

On the downside this leaves the threads taking all the applied load in a prang, which I'm not sure is a good idea?
I wouldn't worry about that Doug, you're bound to have a lot more thread engaged than you would have with just a nut on the back.

I'm sure you'll die from internal injuries caused by the belts long before the threads pull out of either system

Keep up the great work.

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