Winning idea on dropside bolts
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THIS week's prizewinner is Mr. F. Newton, of Burgess Hill, Sussex. He says that on heavy lorries fitted with drop sides, the hinges of the sides are bolted to a side runner. which is also bolted to the main bearers—and these bolts have a tendency to work loose as the holes become elongated: this causes the sides to lean outwards in a dangerous manner.
Mr. Newton has overcome this difficulty by making up and inserting lin.-thick steel plates (as shown in diagram); the lip of these plates fits into a corresponding groove cut into the main bearer, it then being impossible for the bolts to lean outwards.
Comments Handyman: This is a problem of long standing with the all-wood body. The plate method would seem to offer a longer life. I am, however, concerned with similar trouble on the alloy-sided bodies. and would like to hear of a cure.