{"id":5226,"date":"2024-01-22T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2024-01-22T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:15:52","slug":"skb-gig-rig-latch-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/skb-gig-rig-latch-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"SKB Gig Rig Latch Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When we were putting together MBI Winds last year<\/a>, I started asking around about equipment early in the summer. A nearby high school had a plastic sound cart that they hated. They said they were going to throw it away, so it was free for the taking \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked up the roto-molded SKB Gig Rig<\/a> and we quickly put it into service. It was worse for wear. Missing the end cover doors, wheels that needed TLC, many latches broken. For the first season we used it as-is and just put a ratchet strap around the whole thing to hold it together since the latches were broken \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fixing it up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the 2024 season I wanted to fix the latches and remove our ratchet strap for a more professional look \ud83e\udd35 I reached out to SKB and started doing some research on my own. I found this Southco latch<\/a> and catch plate<\/a> to be drop-in replacements. However, SKB support was able to send me replacement latches free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installation posed a challenge as I’ve never worked with pop rivets before. But I watched a couple youtube videos that I found helpful to remove the broken latches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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