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Years ago I saw, and saved, a single picture of someone's solution for keeping the cover for their cab's gun ring cut out "tented" so that water wouldn't pool in it and thus leak into the cab (as mine had obviously done for years before I became the owner of my truck).
Inspirational photo:
I can't claim that I made it, or even designed it, but I had a talented fellow, Scott at The Iron Works in Bountiful, UT fabricate it for me - who's made a number of various metal parts and brackets for me over the years.
It was intended for the "feet" to be mounted flush to the inside of the cab, but it would have actually been a little TOO tight on the vinyl - but this actually worked out PERFECT for me anyway. I wanted to be able to remove it (and the vinyl cover) without busting out a socket and wrench.
The support was meant to use the existing bolts, but after picking up the completed bar, I discovered they're not located exactly 180 degrees from each other. This required a simple drilling, centered between the opposite bolts. Of course black RTV silicon was used to seal both new bolts. I picked to make the support off center to greatly lessen the chance of hitting one's head on on the extended bolts and wing nuts.
As you can see, the bolts will say securely in place if the support bar is removed.
(Don't mind the ugly temporary rust patching/painting in the last pic on top of the cab)
Inspirational photo:
I can't claim that I made it, or even designed it, but I had a talented fellow, Scott at The Iron Works in Bountiful, UT fabricate it for me - who's made a number of various metal parts and brackets for me over the years.
It was intended for the "feet" to be mounted flush to the inside of the cab, but it would have actually been a little TOO tight on the vinyl - but this actually worked out PERFECT for me anyway. I wanted to be able to remove it (and the vinyl cover) without busting out a socket and wrench.
The support was meant to use the existing bolts, but after picking up the completed bar, I discovered they're not located exactly 180 degrees from each other. This required a simple drilling, centered between the opposite bolts. Of course black RTV silicon was used to seal both new bolts. I picked to make the support off center to greatly lessen the chance of hitting one's head on on the extended bolts and wing nuts.
As you can see, the bolts will say securely in place if the support bar is removed.
(Don't mind the ugly temporary rust patching/painting in the last pic on top of the cab)
