transom repair anyone here

[skinny]

so i'm two foot deep into a transom repair in a fibreglass boat

 

looking for pointers and someone with experience to bounce stuff of of

[cheaptackle]

Try some of the posts on this site : http://forums.iboats.com/forum.php

 

Found lots of great ideas, tips, material suggestions etc on there!

 

Michael

[HTHM]

Post some pictures, I did one two years ago.

[skinny]

I will try to get some posted

Curently just working from my phone

[skinny]

[2 tone z71]

are you putting the I/O back in or closing it up and adding a bracket...leave the outter skin and peel away the inside once you get to that point ill keep going

[skinny]

i will be putting the i/o back in

I'm just starting to strip now I'm working in my drive so weather causes issues

[sleded]

hopefully you get her fixed sirrrrrr

Edited April 2, 2014 by sleded

[skinny]

so got a little time on Thursday to work on the boat I got the first layer off. really surprised at how the factory did this. I took my skill saw and set blade depth just shallow of first layer and cut grooves all over with thought I was going to be taking it out in small chunks. well I got in between the layers with pry bar and th layer started to pop and separate. I got my hands in and pulled and removed it in almost full piece.

turns out they glued it and stapled it. the next layer isn't even a complete one piece it has a bunch of pieces cut to fit tight to each other . will have to be careful now as if i pry i can see the outer fibreglass move a little

 

[2 tone z71]

thats ok ..your making good progress ..get the inner skin cleaned up down to the bare glass ..make your template outta cardboard then transfer it over to the first new piece of plywood

[skinny]

ok last layer this is the one bonded to the glass

going to need to be careful and looks like most will be hammer and chisel going to try and cut line tru with skill saw but not sure its going to work as my saw is bulky so alot of the area wont get relief cuts

 

any suggestions its 1/2 plywood then glass

[DRIFTER_016]

ok last layer this is the one bonded to the glass

going to need to be careful and looks like most will be hammer and chisel going to try and cut line tru with skill saw but not sure its going to work as my saw is bulky so alot of the area wont get relief cuts

 

any suggestions its 1/2 plywood then glass

 

Sounds like a good reason to add to the tool count!!!

 

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/rockwell-versacut-4a-3-3-8-in-mini-circular-saw-0548361p.html#.U0BxsvldUn4

[2 tone z71]

I usually use flat bars or chisels at that point ...once you get in behind the ply it is time consuming but comes off fairly easy

[skinny]

well i'm to grinding most of transom but I have found some loose glass and not sure what to do there

 

also the piece of wood that was glued to fibreglass also extended down past what I want to call 2 bunks

I'm hoping to dig the wood out of this slot then build a couple of pieces to fill in that area to the top of the bunks then have transom sit on these

does that make sense rather than tear up the bunks (stringer to side of boat and I think contain foam

[Freshtrax]

If it's rotten get it out of there.

[aplumma]

You got to keep going till you get to dry solid wood. The rotted stringer/wood are what let the glass flex and water in. The water wicks up into the new wood and you are back to square one again. I had to go deeper than I wanted restoring a 1985 Ranger but the end result was worth it.

 

 

Art