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1. On some boats there is not enough room to mount
the console front casting between the seat cushion
and the windshield. A good solution is to use a
Dremel® tool sanding drum to fashion a notch in the
bottom edge of the windshield to open up some space
for the casting to mount.
a. To do this, put masking tape on the windshield
and trace the casting onto the masking tape.
Use the Dremel® tool drum sander to shape a
notch in the bottom edge of the windshield.
This yields a very custom looking installation.
e. For best appearance, your V-brace center casting must be
mounted at the center of the Ttop, as measured between the
uprights. Mount the casting at Ttop center, not console center.
i. Find the true center by assembling the V-brace bars to the
console casting and checking that both bar end clamps are
the same distance down from the Ttop canopy. Locate your
console casting accordingly.
f. Mounting both brace bars to one center casting is best, but space
limitations may dictate that each brace bar land to its own casting.
g. You may need to bend the flat end of the brace bar slightly to align
with the console mounting casting on your console.
13. OK you are almost ready to start mounting. Stand back and make a triple
check of overall fit, and triple check the location of all holes to be drilled.
a. Check for back side access and working clearance behind each
standoff.
i. Don’t forget to account for the thickness of the console at
corners. The front and back of the console each have
thickness. For example, if your console is 3/4” thick, you can
drill a hole no closer than 1-1/2” from the front edge and still
get a nut on the back side.
b. measure the distance between the top channels fore and aft to be
sure they are somewhere between 28 ” and 45 ” apart.
c. Take out your canopy, loosen all four; 1/8” Allen key setscrews in
the slide bar ends. Slide the canopy slide bars to the same fore
and aft widths. Keep them centered about the canopy midline.
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