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Thanks for the info Mike, I've squirrelled it away.
Oddly, I thought your breakages were going to be at the prong area 'cos there's a lot of friction to be dealt with there. So, thanks for advising this potential problem and fix.
Are you taking orders 'cos it looks very professional?!
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Geof
70th Anniversary 4/4 (Duratec 1.8), model 1995
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At first I made the plates from 3mm thick aluminium thinking that that would add strength, but realised that the surface of the rail isn't flat, but profiled (or maybe uneven is a better word), so I used 1mm steel so it will take the shape of the surface when all tightened up. The original fixing screws are 6mm, I used 5mm for the screws that fix the plate to the rear part of the rail so as not to weaken the rail too much.
So I can always supply a drawing/template as I have a set in aluminium
Decided to buy a stapler which uses 140 staples (10mm flat crown) to fit the cloth trim back in place. and unibond repair extreme power glue to stick the rubber back to the rail
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Mike Smith
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