2013 Grady 209 Fisherman T Top mesh bag

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New owner of a 2013 Grady Fisherman 209 . The T Top mesh storage bag zippers are corroded and broke apart .Separated the zippers so it’s now open . There’s cording on the fourside of the bag that slides into tubing which is riveted to the T top piping . It looks like you have to drill out the rivets to slide the bag out for replacement and zipper repair . Has anyone experience with this ?
 

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Look at the ends hard. You'd think it would be designed to slide in on one side. If not, drilling the rivets may be the only way. I'd want to take it with you to make sure whatever you buy can be installed and taken apart if needed.
 

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Does 'fourside' mean fore side, or four sides? Unlikely that you would have to drill the rivets out of the awning track. How many sides of the bag have track?Photos would help.
 

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All four sides have piping that is slide into a channel channel is riveted to t top pipes
 

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Assuming that it is aluminum track, which does not go around corners, you have four individual pieces. Look in the corners between the pieces of track, and see if you can find a gap in the piping, or welting, between two of the tracks. Spray all the way around with soapy water, and see if you can slide the whole thing around to where that gap with no piping will come out of the track, and from there, you just work it all the way around. The piping may be in more than one piece, therefore more than one gap to work with.
It would be much easier to just drill out the rivets on the most accessible piece of track, and start from there, although it would help if the gap in the piping was at one end of the track you remove. If that doesn’t work, remove the next section of track.
Of course, if you are replacing it, the easiest thing to do is cut it down. If you’re trying to repair the zipper, then you have to go the more complicated route.
If you’re just trying to save it for a pattern, cut the piping in each corner, pull the four pieces out, and the bag will drop out of the track.
No matter what method you used to remove, the new/repaired one has to be reinstalled somehow.
What is the end game: remove, repair, replace?

edit: I make my own welting, with cording or small PVC tubing, so it just occurred to me that some of the things I said will not apply if it is something like Keder welt, shown in the link below. If that’s what you have other methods apply.

 
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Hopefully worst case you have to only remove two sides and slide the bag out of the other two. Mine is a flat piece under the hardtop that is laced in. Easy peasy to remove for inside cleaning when needed.