Quoted from Mancave:I had the spare time to go and have a good look at my machine. My SC leg is attached to the front post, the 2 posts behind are the double ring posts you mention. The back one of these by the looks of it has had the thread cut off and grinded flat on top, the front one still has some thread left on it (although not enough to mount too). As you can see by the pics the SC leg is bent back towards the double ring posts if anything NOT forward to meet the front sleeve post. I know that the rest of the SC mounts correctly to all the mounting posts so it looks like my machine has been stuffed with by the previous owner
I'm gonna need to order one of those 02-4036-1 post's also by the looks of it. Does your SC leg have a distinctive bend backwards?? cause mine is going to need to bend back a little more to meet the new post.
And this is exactly why the fix implemented by the previous owner does not work correctly, it was probably an operator fixing something on the fly, but it skews your SC, brace and the metal cover (the new plastic cover in your case). Those parts are not in the correct location, the cover sticks out in the PF (unless you want to drill another hole in that piece), and it's not covering the post and protecting the pop bumper cap in the rear.
Quoted from Mancave:You could use the 02-4423 post, very close in size and same threads (i think), that one is still available.
Anyone let me know if this wont work as i'm going to order some soon
I agree, I would try that one I linked at Marco, or where ever you buy your parts, it may just work and help get everything back in place. If it were me I'd probably swap out that front post (02-4036-1) too, it looks like it was hacked up a bit.