E-29 chainplate system diagram

[daveinrenton]

Friends: I am trying to find any diagrams showing the E29 chainplate design and placement. There was a description offered in and AI search but no pictures. It is described as a "threaded rod-cylinder-deck block-Ubolt system". Sounds very robust but I would like to see how all the bits were set into the hull. Let me know how I might find a picture or engineering drawing of the components and their placement. Thanks, Daveinrenton, 1979 E29 owner.

 

[bigd14]

I think all E29s and E27s have chainplates that are glassed in place. There is a horizontal stainless steel strap that each of the three chainplates are welded to. Imagine the letter E rotated 90 degrees to the left. The strap is embedded in fiberglass.

Glassed in Chain plates

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