I decided to make some "stays" for my top box as the originals were missing when I bought my ST...
I ended up buying a length of 3.6mm bead chain. Luckily it came with 4 loop ends which worked out perfect!
The chain is rated at 6kg working load so I figured that should be fine considering the top box lid doesn't weigh much.
I then got some 4mm flexible tubing to slide over the chain so the balls don't catch on anything and to also "encourage" the stays to fold inside the top box when closing...
I just used a few washers & a nut to "pack" the mounts so the screws didn't pop through where they shouldn't.
It all works perfectly! :thumbsup
Now, if I can source some replacement "loop ends" I just might have to knock out a few more as I have a stack of chain & tubing left over... :whistle
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