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Re: Luggage Rack

To: Jsut4fun@aol.com
Subject: Re: Luggage Rack
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:11:48 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 Jsut4fun@aol.com wrote:

> I installed mine with sheet metal screws and the installation has held up 
> perfectly.  One suggestion; go to your local hardware store and buy a sheet 
> of thin rubber.  It is usually sold in sheets of about eight inches square.  
> Trace the feet of your luggage rack onto the rubber and cut out four small 
> "gaskets".  I suggest trimming them slightly smaller than the foot to allow 
> for expansion when you tighten the screws.  Having the rubber between the 
> deck lid and the metal rack (metal to metal) will greatly reduce any chance 
> of future rust problems...

... not to mention this is how the racks were installed when new.
 
> Ken Briegel

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