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Greetings,

Sorry for posting in Her Majesty's language, mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut .

I am one of many owners that have the stripped screw holes on the latch receivers on the upper wing windows. I have been wanting to make the repair a long time before the windows being blown off at highway speed. After brainstroming and resulting in a number of different ideas, as well as those used by other owners, I completed the repair with polyester resin and remnants of glass fibric.

the stripped screw holes - i have 4


the failed latch receivers used too many spacers


the good latch receivers used fewer spacers


i ground off the gelcoat around the screw holes to promote adhesion by the new resin


i stripped out the glass fibric threads from the fiberglass mat remnant


feed the glass fiber threads into the stripped screw holes


apply polyester resin


i glued the spacers together to prevent shearing


grinding the repaired surface smooth


i sanded the spacer surface and the latch reciever base to improve friction


the repaired screw holes are stronger than new - thanks to the fiberglass filaments and compatible resin



All the detail steps are here in my blog post:
http://eat-drink-men-women.blogspot.com ... .html#more

- Vince

2005 NAFTA James Cook - Brunnhilde
1989 VW Westfalia Camper GL - Isolde

Nice job!