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Subject:Re: broken skylight lifter
From:The Skylight Guy
Date:Wed, 2 Jun 2004 18:47:32 -0700

I mean a flat washer :)

Or you can grind the back of the rivet off so you can remove remanding
dart of the rivet. Now you have a net hole to work with. A little
ingenuity I am shear you will be fine.

Peace

Trevor Reid
604-886-1979
www.theskylightguy.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Gerald Masar
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: broken skylight lifter

Well, did the dumb thing today and forgot to close the skylight on my
'90 Westy.
Got a quick reminder driving into the garage when it hit the roof
overhang.
Bent the flexible part of the arms, which can be straightened, but worst
of all, the
little roller thingies are gone. Trevor Reid The Skylight Guy's site
mentions super
gluing small buttons on or clamping a split washer on the spot. I've
never had any
luck with superglue and not sure how to do the split washer thing.
Any suggestions? Please.
Jerry (periscope up, periscope down, skylight up, SKYLIGHT DOWN!)