Aaron Whiteman wrote:
> List gurus,
>
> I can't seem to keep the bonnet locked down. If I hit a bump, pop and
> I'm relying on the second latch to keep it in place. Fortunately, it
> hasn't happened at speed yet, but this bothers me.
>
Yes, mine has been doing the same for years. I even added a new,
stiffer plate for where the catch mounts to the bonnet because I thought
that was flexing and causing the issue. I have moved the bonnet back
and forward and side to side. Adjusted the catch up and down. Just
about everything you can imagine. It gets better for a while (for
months) and then I hit a bump and it goes (luckily for my track work we
are required to have an additional safety "strap" to catch the bonnet if
it happened to fall off the secondary catch, so I am not worried about
it going over my head).
So please - throw you advice to Aaron because I want to catch some of it!
I am right on the verge of putting pins through my lovely aluminium
bonnet because it has "popped" one too many times when I have been on
the track - and even though *I* know it ain't going anywhere, track
marshals get nervous and I have been black flagged more than once for
this, grrrrr.
Thanks for asking that, Aaron!
Eric
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