{"id":2545,"date":"2013-12-02T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2014-01-05T20:41:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T01:41:47","slug":"just-when-you-thought-the-rollbar-fun-was-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"Just when you thought the rollbar fun was complete&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the forward rollbar channels clamped in place such that the entire assembly is the correct thickness, I match-drilled them to the straps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8639.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2546\" alt=\"Forward half drilled\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8639-e1386030057615-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8639-e1386030057615-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8639-e1386030057615-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8639-e1386030057615.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>This was an iterative process of checking the height, clamping\/re-clamping and drilling and in the end it seems to have come out ok. One end of the rollbar may be slightly thicker but I don&#8217;t think there will be any problems installing it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2547\" alt=\"Upper and lower match-drilled\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8641-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8641-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8641-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last remaining task was installing a splice plate on the front rollbar half. It&#8217;ll be riveted on the inside, but it gets match-drilled on the outside&#8230;and here it is, clamped into place for drilling through the holes already laid out and pilot-drilled in the plate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2549\" alt=\"Drilling the forward splice plate\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8642-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8642-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8642-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8642-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To accommodate the clecoes holding the rear rollbar half together, I had to drill some holes in the MDF board. \u00a0Thanks to Bruce Swayze for documenting this little tip in his website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8640-e1386030239760.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2548\" alt=\"Holes for clecos\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8640-e1386030239760-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8640-e1386030239760-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8640-e1386030239760-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8640-e1386030239760.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the finished product clecoed together&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8643.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2550\" alt=\"Rollbar out of the jig\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8643-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8643-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8643-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8643-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;and here it&#8217;s temporarily placed on the fuse for motivational purposes. \u00a0Very cool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2551\" alt=\"Rollbar on the fuse\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8645-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8645-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8645-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_8645-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the forward rollbar channels clamped in place such that the entire assembly is the correct thickness, I match-drilled them to the straps. This was an iterative process of checking the height, clamping\/re-clamping and drilling and in the end it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2545\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuselage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}