Yah, it's not going to be easy to pull that boom off man, it's a super tight fit. I've considered it, but the advice I got is that the adhesive is so powerful that it won't really matter about the crud in or around there. Obviously spotless would be ideal but as long as there's some positive contact I don't think there'll be a future issue. I kid you not that upper insert has no adhesive in it and I've run it for two years like that, possibly it's gone it's whole life like that. I've cleaned the area and blown out the holes and inside as best I could. I'm gonna let 'er rip like this and monitor it closely for any sign of movement in the future.
Also apparently the bolting might not be such a bad idea. The guy e-mailed me from Versalift today saying that the engineers were doing their thing and that by Monday he would have instructions for me as to how to go about doing it.
In my research I've seen that quite a number of upper booms are bolted at that attachment. I've also heard although haven't found a pic that the new Hi-Rangers have gone back to being bolted there.
I think it's gonna work out.
