EXACT SLIDE Standoff Bracket Reinforcement Installation 21700148

[@bw6078]

As always excellent information Norco. Many thanks.

[@rtz549]

That bracket should be used at the factory.

[@AsManThinketh]

All they use is self-tap screws.

[@NorcoIndustries]

There are some end wall construction styles used by a few travel trailer and fifth wheel manufacturers that use a heavy gauge aluminum and some motorhome manufacturers that use steel, which would allow them to use self-tapping screws. The majority of construction specifications would be with a lumber core aluminum tube, stick-and-tin or free-hung fiberglass, which we do not recommend using self-tappers on, as they act like a drill through the wood backing.

[@ShopLAG-n5r]

And go ahead and throw your material damaging impact driver in the garbage. How many more techs are going to destroy everything they work on with these?... Those things are for nut/bolt connections, and running screws into heavy wood material. Not running sheet metal screws through fiberglass and 1/16" aluminum tubing.