Hey jim,

I did that mod a few years ago and it works to keep debris out from under the rack. Perhaps it works too well. My van is daily driver, parked outside all weather. And I live on a farm, so there is often stuff in the air :-)

I found the screen gets blocked with dirt and in the damp months, algae or something. So it’s not unusual that, on rainy days, I get a deluge of water slopping over the front of the rack and down onto the windscreen when I stop to open the driveway gate.

:-)

Just a heads up. Have a peek at the screens once in a while and remove any stuff covering the mesh.

Alistair 

> On Jul 26, 2020, at 5:54 AM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have always parked my 83 Westy under the same tree, which sits over a driveway. The “luggage rack” tends to fill with sticks and leaves which fill up the five scupper holes in the Fiberglas. When this happens the depression in the rack fills with rainwater which takes a day or so to drain out. Worse, the water and debris slops over the side and down the front windows when I make a turn.   
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> Every two years or so I remove the Fiberglas and pressure was the debris. I have always meant to install screens over (under, actually) the holes to at least keep the cavity underneath the Fiberglas clean and to make the rack easier to clean of debris with a hose.   
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> Yesterday I pulled the top and hot glued reinforced window screen over holes on the underside. Will let you know how it goes.   
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