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View Poll Results: which should I use
small hinge (picture A) 9 75.00%
bracket (picture B) 0 0%
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Old 08-11-2010, 11:49 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I would suggest a hinge on the front of the yard stick, then a bracket at the top and back.

There are some pins, I don't know what they are called, but they look like the plastic clips that hold many inner door panels on cars, but they are metal and their is another part that goes on the panel that the pin secures to.

I have seen them on some of the eqipment I have at work, should fasten securely for you. They put 9 on a machine I use, I almost couldn't get the panel off to work on it, 4 would have been more than enough.


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Old 08-11-2010, 01:10 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I would suggest a hinge on the front of the yard stick, then a bracket at the top and back.

There are some pins, I don't know what they are called, but they look like the plastic clips that hold many inner door panels on cars, but they are metal and their is another part that goes on the panel that the pin secures to.

I have seen them on some of the eqipment I have at work, should fasten securely for you. They put 9 on a machine I use, I almost couldn't get the panel off to work on it, 4 would have been more than enough.
Do you have a picture of the pins? then I could take it to my local fastener store and try to find them.
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Here is an idea: Instead of a hinge at the very top, put two horizontal pins about 1-2 inches lower than the top. The skirt would swing up and out around this axis, only the top 1-2 inches would swing into the wheelwell.
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Here is an idea: Instead of a hinge at the very top, put two horizontal pins about 1-2 inches lower than the top. The skirt would swing up and out around this axis, only the top 1-2 inches would swing into the wheel well.
I like the idea, how exactly would you make this mount?

To see what it is like now see this thread:
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