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I’m working on my ‘24 touring and just took the top off the rear bow so now exposing it and see it is in need of replacing which I will do. I found the corners in tough shape and want to know how to go about replacing the wood in the rounded ends. I have not found anyplace where I can get replacement wood for these. Will appreciate any response. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI-Qkshh_Lk Here's a video I found and will probably do to mine this summer.

I replaced the corners on my 21 touring a couple of years ago. Somewhere I saw a video on how to do it. The scraps left on my top appeared that the corners were made in 2 pieces, or 2 plys if you will, I cut wood to fit (sorry I do not rememmber what specise i used, but it was a hardwood) and I cannot go look becuse the bows are wrapped in fabric, and the pads are on. But I cut the wood to width, depth and length to fit. I used a glass baking pan, filled with water to cover the wood strips and microwaved them on high, with the pan covered with PVC film for 15 miutes. The wood was plenty pliable enough to fit the corners. I used carpenters glue between the plys, and clamped them in place on the bows. You cannot use too many clamps. Use what ever you have, c-clamps or bar clamps. Allow to dry for 24 hours or more, and expect some spring back in the wood. The video previous shows bandsawing the wood to fit. If you choose this method, be sure you keep the grain of the wood at a 45 degree angle across the curve for strenght