Platform Brackets for SAN with 502

You could try to adapt the current platform bracket design to the boat. Not sure if it would work.

I don't think it's unique to a SAN -- my 99 ski also rattles, but I think it's related to the back of the platform starting to "sag" a little. Have you put a hand on it, pulled the platform up a bit and heard the rattling stop? I was planning on trying to work with the existing brackets

Tully,
What's happening to the brackets? Breaking/bending or corrosion? How about some pictures.

Welcome to CCfan. We'd love to see pictures of the boat as well.

Mine rattle, (or did) and yes it is annoying. They had a small O-ring (top-inside) which come off or get lost every time you remove the platform.
I found that just a small bead of silicone on the slides will stop the rattle. And the reason for the silicone is so the platform is still removable. If you never want the platform to come off then I suppose a person could use the 3M 5200.

I haven't looked into the issue much, it wasn't until UG was with me late last summer and lifted up the platform. If a pair of pliers on the platform side female brackets doesn't work for me, I'll have trbenj come up with a good solution for mine, and relay the message. I don't believe that there is a lot of play though. What do you notice to be the reason for a lack of rattling when you buy new brackets? Less play when mounted?

we got the FAE exhaust on and that creates more pressure on the platform.
Snaps the rings off every couple of month. Just get a new ring (got mine from an older trailer hitch). While not a Python I guess the cause is the same...

I've wrestled with this issue in another thread on this site. I brainstormed with the manufacturer of the bracket a few months back.

There is standard an o-ring that sits inside at the top of the platform piece of the bracket. Since the boat piece of the bracket did not seat properly at the one o-ring, I added another.   Now the top is secure. The resulting upward seating caused a slight misalignment of the pin holes. I had someone sit on the platform, which allowed me to insert an oval head bolt rather than a pin. The countersunk head addresses the misshaping of the pin holes on the platform piece of the bracket, which was created by wear over time. I could do this only on one side as I could not figure out a countersunk counterpart on the nut side. The bolt is sized so it sits in the boat piece of the bracket without play. I tightened the nut and bolt so that there is no play in the bracket at all. I am hoping that it stays tight. For now, no rattle or annoying slop.