Joe, please lets remember "Henry F" with the "T'S & A'S, welting was around
everything that had 2 pieces of metal connected by a bolt.
Joe Curry wrote:
> I have seen a lot of messages on the subject announcing how this strip
> is "unnecessary". Perhaps it is. If Triumph deemed it unnecessary, who
> are we to question this?
>
> However, Most car manufacturers that used bolt on fenders in the past
> used a rubber (or synthetic rubber) welting that went between these
> metal parts. Most even allowed it to show as a decorative bead between
> the parts. There must be some reason to do this. After all, millions
> upon millions of Volkswagen Beetles were equipped this way and certainly
> they must have known something.
>
> Joe
>
> Dennis & Bridget Lambert wrote:
> >
> > Shannon,
> > Of all the responses so far, you are the only one who also has or had
> > this gasket.
> > Mine looked like a thin rubber gasket, sort of like weather-stripping -
> > not like a caulking gun installed material. I am leaning toward not
> > replacing it. I have to agree that it should be unnecessary for either
> > electrolysis or rattle prevention. If it does harden and crack over
> > time, it could cause more problems than it attempts to solve (IMHO). If
> > I am really wrong on this, everyone please let me know.
> > Thanks, Dennis Lambert
>
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> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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