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Just taken off the "Alpine" grab handles to see what's behind and am astonished to find Dowty seals on the bolts.

Just good to know .

 

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Thank you @CountyV8 for the detailed pics. The size of the screws might explain why the rails are not designed for heavy duty loading! Your thread highlights again the "Big Boys' Meccano Set" nature of the Grenadier ...it "begs" to be dismantled and 'adapted'!

 

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• Jul 17, 2023

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CountyV8 said:

Just taken off the "Alpine" grab handles to see what's behind and am astonished to find Dowty seals on the bolts.

Just good to know .
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That is odd ...
Unless they are using it as the primary seal because the treaded section goes 'through' into the cabin ?

How tight are the shoulders on the flanged head torx bolts ?

 

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Miki said:

That is odd ...
Unless they are using it as the primary seal because the treaded section goes 'through' into the cabin ?

How tight are the shoulders on the flanged head torx bolts ?

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There are secondary seals as well jut belt and braces the torque to remove was high

 

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Have you stopped there or tried removing the concave plastic trim panel?

 

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Removed the panel it has integrated rubber seal round edge but wiring stops total removal

 

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@CountyV8. That wouldn't stop DCPU, just saying.

 

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CountyV8 said:

Removed the panel it has integrated rubber seal round edge but wiring stops total removal

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If you have the Deutsche pin removal tool it should in theory be possible to remove the pins from the deutsche plug and you may be able to pull them through to get it off. (But I haven’t looked at it myself)

 

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CountyV8 said:

Just taken off the "Alpine" grab handles to see what's behind and am astonished to find Dowty seals on the bolts.

Just good to know .

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Any idea of what the diameter is of the grab handles?

 

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Xrford said:

Any idea of what the diameter is of the grab handles?

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I think I recall that they are 25mm

 

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• Jul 18, 2023

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AnD3rew said:

I think I recall that they are 25mm

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Yes 25mm have measured them for my antenna install...

 

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Xrford said:

Any idea of what the diameter is of the grab handles?

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25mm