05-31-2022, 05:16 AM
Hmmmmmm, just thinking out loud in public here.
The trick is locating the aluminum structure behind the wall. A stud finder may or may not find it.
You really don’t want to randomly drill holes. You might carefully remove the wall paper to see if there is a screw line where the plywood is attached to the aluminum structure.
Once the structure is located, use a 1/2-13 Rivnut for your mounting.
I am basing my comments on the remodel I did some years ago where I replaced the wallpaper. The mount for my shoulder belt was simply a rivnut in the plywood. I assume it was attached to structure underneath the plywood.
Perhaps Newell did it differently in later years.
The trick is locating the aluminum structure behind the wall. A stud finder may or may not find it.
You really don’t want to randomly drill holes. You might carefully remove the wall paper to see if there is a screw line where the plywood is attached to the aluminum structure.
Once the structure is located, use a 1/2-13 Rivnut for your mounting.
I am basing my comments on the remodel I did some years ago where I replaced the wallpaper. The mount for my shoulder belt was simply a rivnut in the plywood. I assume it was attached to structure underneath the plywood.
Perhaps Newell did it differently in later years.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
95 Newell, 390 Ex caretaker
99 Newell, 512 Ex caretaker
07 Prevost Marathon, 1025
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
)