H16 Hull Removal

I am trying to get the Hulls off of my 16 so I can paint them easier. It is a really old boat and I have tried beating on the casting after removing the bolt. I am scared to hit that cast aluminum much harder unless someone can tell me that I can either really whack it, or if I should use some type of solvent, or of course any other suggestions.

Read this and see if that helps...

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Thanks, I will give it a shot. I would like to know if anyone out there has actually broken or damaged that corner casting trying to get it off. That might give me an idea of how hard I can smack it.

Do really, absolutely positively have to remove the frame?

Please refer to the post below,"Hobie 16 pylon repair".

Don't make more work for yourself.

I use a 3lb dead blow hammer and wail away.
Note - I've actually damaged and broken (more than one) corner casting
If you break yours, I can send you your replacement for $12 plus shipping

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I removed my hulls for winter storage, by using a 2x4" lever and fulcrum to gently pry and separate them. I cut a few pieces off the 2x4" to make the fulcrum a good height, then set a 4 ft length between the fulcrum and a horizontal edge on the corner casting. Prying down on the lever lifted the corner casting up the pylon. I have to alternate between the front and back doing about 1/2" to 1" at a time or they'd get jammed. Be ready to catch and support the hulls when they come free.

Mine probably aren't as stuck as yours because mine have come apart every winter. Letting the penetrating oil like PB Blaster soak in for a day or so should help also.

Please, these are not pontoons. This is not a pontoon boat. Yikes.

I admit I am a bit sensitive about the use of that word. When I hear it I envision big ugly party barges floating around the lakes in Indiana. The Hobie is a thing of grace and beauty. These are hulls.

Its like the difference between Rosie O'Donnell and Halle Berry. Rosie is a barge. Halle is a Hobie. Woot!

Hope I don't offend, I'm just sayin.......

Easy now, they have their place...

[Although I have to admit I've never used the words grace & beauty in that context.]

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When Rosie got divorced her wife got the house and Rosie got the tug boat.

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Many, many moons ago, we pulled up to Raccoon Lake in Rockville, IN with the 16. An old farmer walked up to us and said, "That's a nice coupla' boats ya got there".

They are hulls.

According to its definition it could be considered a pontoon

pontoon1 (pɒnˈtuːn)


Definitions


noun
1.a.a watertight float or vessel used where buoyancy is required in water, as in supporting a bridge, in salvage work, or where a temporary or mobile structure is required in military operations
b.((as modifier) ⇒ a pontoon bridge

2.nautical a float, often inflatable, for raising a vessel in the water

HULL


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noun
1.the main body of a vessel, tank, flying boat, etc

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