T Top support stand offs

[552Evo]

The boat in question here is a glass centre console with a Stryker brand T Top.
There are stand offs mounted to each side of that give some sideways support to the T Top frame. The locknuts came loose and I've re-tightened them a few times but the thread is a fraction short, so difficult to get it all lined up. The local big green shed only sells 6mm as the smallest. They were just SS 4 mm all thread with a aluminium tube that fills the gap between the frame and the T Top tube.

So I was tightening it all up and thought I'd ask would it be obvious to tighten it all up firmly or leave some looseness to allow for flex in choppy conditions ?




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[tunaticer]

Tighten it up and let the frame deal with the flex.
Leaving the mounts loose will cause serious damage to the mounts at the least.

[552Evo]

Thanks Tuna, yep that's how I've done them up. Thought I'd better ask [emoji1690]


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