Stringer Lag Bolt
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
Forum Name: Boat Maintenance
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Printed Date: January-24-2025 at 3:41am
Topic: Stringer Lag Bolt
Posted By: nauti girl
Subject: Stringer Lag Bolt
Date Posted: May-17-2004 at 3:00pm
I noticed the left rear tranny-mount lag bolt into my stringer won't tighten up.  All seven of the other lag bolts tighten up just fine. What's the next step? Should I buy a longer lag bolt and run it in deeper? (there's about another 2" to the bottom of the hull) Is Git-Rot good for this kind of problem? I'm not even sure if I have rot ...or if some previous owner over-tightened it and stripped it.------------- Nauti Girl --I think my husband uses his own login now! |
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Posted By: kenny g
Date Posted: May-17-2004 at 3:47pm
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nauti girl, i had the same problem on 3 of em in the barracuda.go to home depot & get a wooden oak dowel rod the diameter of the hole.hammer it in & cut it off flush .
a little carpenters wood glue would help. let it dry a day,then put your leg bolt back in. ------------- kenny g |
Posted By: nauti girl
Date Posted: May-17-2004 at 6:21pm
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Thanks kenny g. Sounds like great advice. I assume I will need to re-drill the hole after drying? ------------- Nauti Girl --I think my husband uses his own login now! |
Posted By: kenny g
Date Posted: May-17-2004 at 7:33pm
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a small pilot hole wont hurt.
i diden't , but you can just dont go too big or your going to have the same problem you started with. try to get oak,not white pine. home depot has both. ------------- kenny g |
Posted By: 64 Skier
Date Posted: May-20-2004 at 2:51pm
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I had this problem....replaced the stringer, then welded an aluminum frame from under the front seat to behind the tranny.
A very knowledgeable CC mechanic told me I overkilled the problem. The wood just holds the lag bolts while the fiberglass is the structural support. He said to do as kenney g suggested or dig out the old rot and pour a glass bed about 6" long and re-tap. ------------- 64 Skier 66" HO VTX and 67" HO Triumph http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1071&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1971&yrend=1975 - 71CC |
Posted By: jameski
Date Posted: May-20-2004 at 3:02pm
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Doesn't the oak dowel split when you try to run a lag bolt into it? ------------- current boat http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1977 - 94 Sport Nautique previous boat http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=601 - 78 Martinique |
Posted By: 64 Skier
Date Posted: May-20-2004 at 3:20pm
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I would think the dowel would have a tendency to split if not supported.
Drilling and tapping the glass is pretty easy if you decide to pour-in a replacement for the stringer. Mine was too far gone to support a dowel. I guess I could have dug out the rot, cut a 6" long board to fit back in (rather than the whole stringer...what a bonehead I was...I even had to pull the engine...so I rebuilt it...and so the story goes) put a little epoxy in the whole to let the new board bond and then pilot hole the board. Probably a two hour job. My other way was about 4 months...my wife is still telling everyone about it ------------- 64 Skier 66" HO VTX and 67" HO Triumph http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1071&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1971&yrend=1975 - 71CC |
Posted By: nauti girl
Date Posted: March-11-2005 at 9:22pm
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I see my husband used my login again here! I am here for the party, not the technical stuff. I am here as an enthusiast, and perhaps learn a little along the way. I need to be able to handle myself when I decide to go out with the girls!!! ------------- Nauti Girl --I think my husband uses his own login now! |