Post by gordo on Aug 17, 2017 14:44:42 GMT -8
Hi all,
So the two boards on the bottom that sandwich the paneling (sill and skirt as I understand them), the sill (inner board) on my 69 Aladdin is completely resting on the outriggers. However, the skirt (outer board) overhangs the edge of the outrigger quite a bit.
I have to replace all of them, and am putting them back the way I found them, but what confuses me is that the lag bolt that comes up from underneath the outrigger into the boards sort of pierces the middle of the sill and skirt sandwich. At least, it did on the section that rotted away, but when I check the existing ones that are still mostly present, I see the lag bolt go through mostly the sill on one section, and mostly the skirt on the other section. I am not sure how sturdy these connections are.
I guess I am first surprised to see the skirt overhang the outrigger so much, but I have it screwed in to the sill (through the paneling) to make my skirt/paneling/sill sandwich and that seems pretty solid. I'm just worried about the lag bolt securing them to the outrigger being solid enough. The paneling doesn't quite reach down to the outrigger in all places any longer, but I have it sandwiched between the boards pretty well, and a shim in between the sill/skirt where the paneling doesn't reach to the outrigger. I think the lag bolt will end up going through the shim mostly and parts of the sill/skirt.
Man, I hope that makes sense, but here is a before picture of the rot (street side, rear)
And here is the after picture showing 6 wood screws securing the skirt to the sill ( I also have a new wheel well board I cut out not pictured here)
And here is a picture underneath looking up at the sill/shim/skirt sandwich with the skirt overhang (this is how far it overhung in the original)
The lag will go through mostly the sill and all of the shim. I'll also have some wood screws coming down from the floor into the sill.
My original concern is the overhanging skirt, but perhaps I'm also missing some other aspects here, so I wanted to ask the experts
Thanks
gordo
So the two boards on the bottom that sandwich the paneling (sill and skirt as I understand them), the sill (inner board) on my 69 Aladdin is completely resting on the outriggers. However, the skirt (outer board) overhangs the edge of the outrigger quite a bit.
I have to replace all of them, and am putting them back the way I found them, but what confuses me is that the lag bolt that comes up from underneath the outrigger into the boards sort of pierces the middle of the sill and skirt sandwich. At least, it did on the section that rotted away, but when I check the existing ones that are still mostly present, I see the lag bolt go through mostly the sill on one section, and mostly the skirt on the other section. I am not sure how sturdy these connections are.
I guess I am first surprised to see the skirt overhang the outrigger so much, but I have it screwed in to the sill (through the paneling) to make my skirt/paneling/sill sandwich and that seems pretty solid. I'm just worried about the lag bolt securing them to the outrigger being solid enough. The paneling doesn't quite reach down to the outrigger in all places any longer, but I have it sandwiched between the boards pretty well, and a shim in between the sill/skirt where the paneling doesn't reach to the outrigger. I think the lag bolt will end up going through the shim mostly and parts of the sill/skirt.
Man, I hope that makes sense, but here is a before picture of the rot (street side, rear)
And here is the after picture showing 6 wood screws securing the skirt to the sill ( I also have a new wheel well board I cut out not pictured here)
And here is a picture underneath looking up at the sill/shim/skirt sandwich with the skirt overhang (this is how far it overhung in the original)
The lag will go through mostly the sill and all of the shim. I'll also have some wood screws coming down from the floor into the sill.
My original concern is the overhanging skirt, but perhaps I'm also missing some other aspects here, so I wanted to ask the experts
Thanks
gordo
