Bonnet fell off!
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:32 pm
Thought for the day:
Lubricate your bonnet hinge!
Mine jammed and then fell away as the old rivets parted company with the clam...
The hinge is agricultural to say the least and relys on bolts moving in nylon bushes. A bit of ptfe spray grease would have prevented this, so a lesson to you all:
There is always time for lubrication!
I have just wet assembled it with sikaflex and then used highlock rivets borrowed from work to mend it, should be good and solid forever now.
Rich
Lubricate your bonnet hinge!
Mine jammed and then fell away as the old rivets parted company with the clam...

The hinge is agricultural to say the least and relys on bolts moving in nylon bushes. A bit of ptfe spray grease would have prevented this, so a lesson to you all:
There is always time for lubrication!

I have just wet assembled it with sikaflex and then used highlock rivets borrowed from work to mend it, should be good and solid forever now.
Rich