Roof canvas

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:18 pm

Three or four of the plastic studs/rivets, which secure the canvas to the underside of the elevating roof, have come loose and detached themselves. Any advice on how to repair or replace? I've tried just pushing them together to see if they click back into place, without success. There is a metal screw in each stud, should I be able to undo these?
I probably shouldn't have raised the roof into the teeth of a gale!

Veg_Ian · Post by **Veg_Ian** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:21 pm

Not had a look myself but is it possible to squeeze the male part of the stud ever so slightly with a strong pair of pliers so as to make it more oval and hence a tighter fit in the female part?

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:23 pm

They need to be refitted with Araldite or similar

Veg_Ian · Post by **Veg_Ian** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:27 pm

Sorry I thought you meant they wouldn't clip together. You mean they've come away from the surface? Yeah araldite should do it.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:31 pm

thanks for swift response. better get out there with the glue right now. its the first sunny day we've had in cornwall for ages.

pippin · Post by **pippin** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:43 pm

This problem was discussed on the forum some time ago, including several very illuminating photographs.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:17 am

Tantalising.
I did try searching for previous discussion of this topic...
Can you point me in the right direction or remember the outcome of the previous post?

alant54 · Post by **alant54** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:22 pm

would this help..?

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... nt&start=0

trevd01 · Post by **trevd01** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:45 pm

I super-glued mine, when I discovered I had this problem. That was about June. I put the roof up last weekend to check for damp (there was none) and the repair is still OK.