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Hey all,
Apparently I had some residual water in my NRS frame foot bar over the winter and just found it ruptured the pipe. Any input on repairs? Weld? Need to either get it fixed or replaced soon for some upcoming trips. Gash is approximately 2” long and right where the frame could contact floor of raft. Thanks!
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jsheglund said:
if its just your legs pushing on it, I'd just grind or file it to where it wont cut something. if you want you can use something like this and map gas to fill it and then grind it smooth.

OR you could cut out the bad piece and reconnect with this and have a narrower foot bar like me

edit: i'm making a lot of assumptions based on your photo. if you show at least one sides connections it could help, because I might be way off. Like in my mind, i don't even think it's attached to the rest of the frame right now.
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Thanks for the input. The crack is right in the middle, red arrow on stock pic for reference. I like the coupler idea. Worth a try anyway. Appreciate the links!
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My guess is it was full of water. I have noticed other parts of my frame with water in it, but most of the frame is at a horizontal level, so it eventually finds it way out of the tubing. With the foot bar being a continuous piece of pipe, and also a vertical low spot on the frame, there is no way for water to escape. Que negative temperatures in storage, and no room to expand, it has to go somewhere. I definitely will be adding weep holes to low points in the frame in the future.
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jbLaramie said:
You can buy the bar only from nrs. Prob cost you about $50. Keep your lopros and drill holes yourself, not hard at all. If there’s anything you don’t like about the delux foot bar specs for your setup, now you have a chance to customize how you really want it.
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Can you expand a bit on this? are you thinking bending the foot bar with a pipe bender, DIY, or are you saying NRS sells just the u-bend portion of the bar? Would go this route if I could buy the u-bend for $50, any links appreciated.
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MT4Runner said:
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Honestly, not a bad thought. Worst case I am going to put a rubber coupling and pipe clamps around it to protect the floor and call it a day.
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jbLaramie said:
You can buy the bar only from nrs. Prob cost you about $50. Keep your lopros and drill holes yourself, not hard at all. If there’s anything you don’t like about the delux foot bar specs for your setup, now you have a chance to customize how you really want it.
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Just got a quote from NRS. U-bend Bar only, no lo-pro fittings or foot bar. $114 + shipping. Going to work through some of the fixes mentioned above.
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