18-11-2023, 02:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-11-2023, 02:22 PM by Denis Sweeney.)
Hi Chris, as promised, I have measured the drain slots in the sliding rails on Ruby, as confirmed there are two slots on each side, each slot being 1 inch long.
The forward slot is located directly adjacent to the cross rail so that it completely drains away any water to the rear of the cross rail.
The second slot is located 1 1/2" to the rear of the forward slot.
On my Ruby from the outside you cannot see the forward slot as it is covered by the rubber seal strip. My guess is that the rear slot drains the bulk of the water and the forward slot drains anything that gets past the rubber seal strip??
I attach some pics, the first of which, with a certain amount of jiggery pokery with a torch, shows both the slots and you can just make out the cross rail thro' the forward slot and as I say it is directly adjacent to allow full drainage.
The second shows the rear slot on the offside and it's relationship, just behind the rear rubber seal strip.
The third shows the roof sealant that I used from Woolies which they say is the nearest thing to the original Dum Dum, I remember discussing this with you, the colour is deceiving in the pic, it is not as bright as it looks in reality.
As always I cannot say what I have done is as "As original" but I believe the sliding rails are original and whilst I did a lot of reworking and welding on the rails this never had any impact on the drainage slots .......... and yes I have been previously castigated for the use of cross head screws on the roof rails, it is the only place I used them, but the reason was simple, I kept slipping trying to screw normal screws and thought it safer using the cross headed screws than risk damaging the finished paintwork!!
Hope this helps
Cheers Denis S
The forward slot is located directly adjacent to the cross rail so that it completely drains away any water to the rear of the cross rail.
The second slot is located 1 1/2" to the rear of the forward slot.
On my Ruby from the outside you cannot see the forward slot as it is covered by the rubber seal strip. My guess is that the rear slot drains the bulk of the water and the forward slot drains anything that gets past the rubber seal strip??
I attach some pics, the first of which, with a certain amount of jiggery pokery with a torch, shows both the slots and you can just make out the cross rail thro' the forward slot and as I say it is directly adjacent to allow full drainage.
The second shows the rear slot on the offside and it's relationship, just behind the rear rubber seal strip.
The third shows the roof sealant that I used from Woolies which they say is the nearest thing to the original Dum Dum, I remember discussing this with you, the colour is deceiving in the pic, it is not as bright as it looks in reality.
As always I cannot say what I have done is as "As original" but I believe the sliding rails are original and whilst I did a lot of reworking and welding on the rails this never had any impact on the drainage slots .......... and yes I have been previously castigated for the use of cross head screws on the roof rails, it is the only place I used them, but the reason was simple, I kept slipping trying to screw normal screws and thought it safer using the cross headed screws than risk damaging the finished paintwork!!
Hope this helps
Cheers Denis S