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so i have a 2000 four winns horizon 190 with a first or second generation Roswell tower. the back to bars that go down to the boat have a connection in them to be able to take the tower apart as you drop it down. i have had to re-weld a portion of this joint 2-3 times now due from breaking. now the male to female piece is cracking through not just the weld itself. i've been trying to find some kind of coupler that i could put over the entire joint to brace it and keep the bar straight right there. i can't find anything like what i need out there. if this makes sense does anyone have any idea where i could find something like this? my other thought but way more work is to cut the joint out and put a piece of pipe inside the pipe and re-weld together. or get the joint straight and just weld it solid. i like the coupler idea as it's a quicker fix and the tower could still be broke down.

i added a picture of a quick "dirty" model i made to explain what I'm looking to either have built or preferably purchase. maybe some think rubber inside to squish over the welds and allow a tight fight throughout. the middle connection is obviously connected together with a flush bolt so the bolt would not be in the way. I've also drawn in where the crack is happening and i assume it has made it close to the center hole for the bolt. I've yet to take it apart fearing i will make it worse.




any ideas?

thanks all!

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2006 Nissan Titan SE 6" Lift
2000 Four Winns 190 Horizon 5.0GL

something like this is what i'm looking for except more like 6"-8" long.

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2006 Nissan Titan SE 6" Lift
2000 Four Winns 190 Horizon 5.0GL

Making a custom part like that is not going to be cheap, and you will lose the ability to quickly disassemble.
I have seen those same connector pieces in towers made by Joystick... I would call around and see if you can find a new female piece... though, in the tower I saw, both of those mating pieces were bolted to the aluminum 4" piping. The clevis pin was huge (maybe 5/8" or more in diameter) It would be nice to replace any welds with bolt on connectors... measure your pipe diameter and call joystick and other tower vendors, someones got to have them...

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2007 FW Horizon 200 5.0GXi/SX-A

ordered a couple of these to try out and see if work.

http://www.directindustry.com/prod/morr ... 01849.html

only 20 bucks a piece, worth a shot.

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2006 Nissan Titan SE 6" Lift
2000 Four Winns 190 Horizon 5.0GL