fulltimin
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Anybody remember this???
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/step.jpg)
Yea, that is what it used to look like......Not much there to hold up the steps.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.
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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.
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fulltimin
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Here is what it looks like today...
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/steprebuildpor151.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Anybody remember this commercial????
Green Hatchback
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fulltimin
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I posted that, to post this......
To some, it may be, (as my mother used to say - ugly as sin), to others, it's a thing of beauty.... Lol....
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/steprebuildpor152.jpg)
For the moment, I'll stick with the later. A thing of beauty.....
At least now, the step doesn't move, while the rv stays still. The step doesn't sag or move with weight on it now. Yay!!!
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If it's still wet, toss some fine sand on there.
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fulltimin
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Jim@HiTek wrote:If it's still wet, toss some fine sand on there.
The sand will come with the top coat that I put on. It's dry, with Por 15 on it right now.
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fulltimin
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While we are at it, we are going to dissect the step. Those things we walk on and never pay any attention to.
Not all steps are created like this, but this one is really very simple. Looking at the bottom of the step.
The green arrows point to a round rod, and 2 flat pieces of steel. Nothing spectacular about that.
The yellow circle is the flat step portion itself. It is one piece. All of the edges are rounded over about an inch. In the center we have a rounded portion, shown in more detail after this pic.
The red circles are nothing more than 4 rivets that hold the flat step to the flat sides. Nothing to it...
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/step4.jpg)
And then we have the center, which is a pressed circle, but it is just pressed into one. So, this step is only made of 4 pieces of steel, and 4 rivets.
Simple, huh?
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/step5.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Looking at the next picture, we can see that we have 4 bolts that hold the step in place. You can see the head of the carriage bolts that go through the 1.5" x 1.5" square steel tubing.
The only thing underneath the tubing, is a piece of galvanized steel, and then the bracket for the step.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/steprebuildpor153.jpg)
In the next pic, you can see that the carriage bolt has a square underneath the head of the bolt, indicated by the red arrow.
Ever remember as a kid, trying to pound a square peg into a round hole? Turns out, it can be done, IF, you drill the top hole out a little larger than the diameter of the threaded portion of the bolt.
The green arrow shows the dimpling effect in the steel tubing, after drilling that hole larger, and then giving the bolt head a couple of good whacks with a hammer.
That holds the bolt from turning, while tightening the nut from the bottom.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/steprebuildpor154.jpg)
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fulltimin
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Remember from way back in this thread, that I said my favorite tool was an impact driver?
Well, that has not changed. It's still my favorite. It's a wonderful time saver for removing and replacing screws.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/favoritetool.jpg)
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fulltimin
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However, you may notice in the previous pic, at the bottom, there is a deep well socket.
Adapters are made that will convert this impact driver into a wonderful small impact wrench. The adapters come with a square drive on the one end, that will allow a 1/4", 3/8", or 1/2" socket to attach to it.
Again, it's a wonderful time saver. This works well for smaller bolts and nuts. I actually have removed lug nuts off of wheels with this thing already, but not totally reliable for that.
If the lug nuts are really tight, you really need an impact wrench, not an impact driver, which has much more power, and a square drive to accept 1/2" sockets. But that is a story for another day.
Anyway, here is a pic of the adapters that fit the impact driver, and what I used to tighten the nuts that hold up the step.
![[image]](http://paddleupstream.com/mohorebuild/favoritetooladapter.jpg)
If you don't have one, you are missing out.........
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