u/northcoastjohnny

We’re looking for our first PWD and have looked at several breeders in our region. Also looking at all the criteria to evaluate breeders, so I’m grateful for all of that information on this group. Wanted to ping the crowd and see if anyone has any firsthand experience with sea dog kennels? We’ve got the criteria to look at them for all of the specific things and are starting to do that but also wanted to know if anyone had any firsthand experience that they could share. Looks like they’re located in southwestern Pennsylvania and at times North Carolina.

A penny for your thoughts.

So I needed to upgrade the roof rack on the 2014 5th gen SR5 to fit kayaks and better hold. My awning went with RCI because their skid plates have been really good because there was a sale install was fairly straightforward except for the torque spec.

called and contacted folks at RCI they told me 50 pounds well 50 pounds worked on all the bolts except for the one that snapped …and that my friends was a whole process and I got multiple leaks now so when I took the roof rack off addressed the busted bolt.

I could see how deformed and warped the sheet metal of the roof was from the 50 pound torque now I’ve got multiple leaks and I guess I got no choice but to drop some silicone caulk in there after I pull it off again.

What are your thoughts on being guided to over torque and damage the roof?

And repairs to leaks ?
and appropriate torque spec on roof bolts ?