Retrax Drainage Improvement Modification

[pistolpete]

I got tired of having the small tubing (7/16" I.D.) on the Retrax get clogged with seeds and mulch that worked its way in as well as the tubes getting knocked off the unsecured fitting so I decided to improve the drainage design with larger tubing (3/4" I.D.) , 3/4" hose barbs and tubing clamps.
Simple install really...just drilled larger holes in the Retrax housing and the back bed wall plug. The only thing not pictured in my album pics is that a rubber gasket was placed between the Retrax housing and the conduit lock nut to prevent any water leaks. Picture of the finished product can be found below and more pics in my photo gallery....another thing I did while I was at it was to replace the screws in the side of the Retrax with allen wrench/hex heads for another mod that will be forth coming. I had to take the Retrax housing off to drill the new hole because I didn't want to go thru the whole trouble of removing the TracRac AND the Retrax and having to realign everything afterwards....it was a (*%(*$ to remove those side screws even with my 90° screwdriver as the screws were "frozen"/rusted into the tension bars.