I'm skeptical about the rivets for two reasons....
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<br>-when I had to do some track riveting on my old H16 (can't remember why), I remember that those heavy steel rivets were NOT easy to pop.
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<br>- the current (I suspect original) track is secured with flathead screws, and I'd like to stay apples=apples if possible. my only modification might be to switch to phillips screws or allen-heads simply because I have a very real and personal hatred for flathead screws. I'm sure some of you have seen my occasional mindless rants on why they should NEVER be used on boats.....
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<br>I haven't actually popped the crossbar endcap off yet to peek inside and see what I'm in for (mainly because the replacement track hasn't arrived yet), but I can't imagine that I'll need to do anything more severe than welding a box-wrench to a 6' rod in order to get things to work out. I'm just being a baby about it because I've lost 3 weekends of GREAT weather so far.<br><br>