Perhaps the nuts are a bit to tight and there is a crack at a stress point.

The same thing happened to mine. I put some fiberglass tape underneath and
put some fiberglass resin on it. The resin it turns out is somewhat
flexible.

This fixed the hairline crack for me. Oh by the way drill a 1/8 whole where
the crack ends so that it does not crack any further.

Hans
Cumberland, Ontario
86 Westfalia
92 Cabriolet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Royston, Jerry" <gmr@OBPA.USDA.GOV>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: Crack in Fiberglass Luggage Rack

> Was out waxing the Westy yesterday and had the top up.  Noticed that there
> was a crack on the flat rear part of the luggage rack where it meets the
> roof.  Never noticed it before because it's covered when the top is down.
> I'm not sure what caused it to crack like this.  Could it have been
> overloaded at some point?  Seems like an odd place for it to crack.
Anyway,
> I was wondering if such a crack could be repaired.
>
> Gerry Royston
> '87 Westy
>