Vik351 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 4:39 pm
T1 Terry wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:38 am
Nate Burns the ABC weatherman said it was dry up through the centre, only raining on the east and west coast .... as I looked out the front window at the rain pouring down
It's normally warm around these parts when it rains but even that has failed ... could still be the effects of the haircut though
We have had a work experience lad in for the week, one tends to forget about the huge gap between what we did as kids at any chance of working in a trade we were interested in and the kids of today .... but he at least listens and follows instructions so a step above a few work experience kids I had when I was in the mechanical workshop in Wollongong.
He still hasn't arrived, but it is raining after all
T1 Terry
So did he roll up ...???
Helpin with the beast I hope...
vik...
Only after Margaret rang him ..... apparently he had chores to do and he hurt himself at field ballet practice the evening before .... that he had to knock off early to attend
We aren't allowed to send him up on the roof of the Avida it seems, just in case he falls off, and the fact it's about as stable as a plank of wood onto of a gym ball so it had him on all 4's when I got him up there the first time .... he didn't look like he was enjoying it very much
Found the cause of the problem. The centre front frame mount broke at the bend of the 1.6mm aluminium angle, that caused the right hand corner mount to break through the bolt hole and the whole right hand side of the frame flexing up and down finally broke the welds .... that weren't real flash after closer inspection
but at least they broke through the centre of the welds leaving weld material on both pieces so it wasn't poor penetration that caused the welds to fail.
Replaced the mounts with 3mm aluminium sheet folded to suit and added another 2 mounts across the front to improve the attachment strength to the vehicle. The ones across the front are really only to stop the frame bouncing up and down because there is nothing of any structural strength in an Avida roof to actually hold it down, so lots of surface area and Armourflex between every mating face ...... I hope I'm not the next person who has to get it back off
T1 Terry
EDIT:
The roof and the radio aerial aren't the only things the cockies chewed up there, wiring and the sealant stuff Avida use to seal between the front fibreglass bit and the rubber roof have been attacked as well, so I'll fix that while I'm up there
cant work it out...??? 
