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BrierS · #3 10-10-2009, 08:56 AM

Sev,
Thanks. In a sense, you are correct since the front one is welded. The rear is not. I'll snap a photo of the piece and post it later this morning. The lower end has the receiver threads so that end is very clear (I unbolted it to remove the piece from inside of the door). The upper has a U designed into the standoff which is welded to the piece. I have loosened the bolt that the upper U slides over yet with it being nearly out of sight, and with another unit sharing the same bolt, I cannot tell if the U is intended to slide between the other unit (don't know what it is ... yet) and the metal of the inner door skin, or if it is supposed to go outward of the other unit and apply a nut to the end of the bolt. If it is the latter, then the bolt that is in place would be the wrong one since it lacks the length necessary to add both a nut and a washer. Lacking a photo or diagram of how it should go, I could remove the RR door panel and reach up in to feel how it is secured. Hate to do that since as most of you know, getting the door panels back in place is often a two-person job.
Steve