| Hobie Forums http://www.hobie.com/au/en/forums/ |
|
| Wear in Front Pylons http://www.hobie.com/au/en/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4977 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | antxvilla [ Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Wear in Front Pylons |
Hello all: After 2 months of hard work (delamination, corrosion, painting...) I finally managed to get my "new" 1983 HC16 to the water with strong wind and higher waves than I would have liked for the first day...I just could not wait anymore. Everything worked fine but while sailing I could feel, and even see, there was quite a big amount of flexion between the hulls so when I came back home I started surfing the forums and found out this is a very common problem with different possible solutions. I´m sure I need to tighten my tramp but still what worries me is that there´s a lot of wear in the front pylons(about 3 mm - 0,08") and the holes where the bolts go through are egg shaped. When I was getting the boat ready I filled the worn area with a 2-component epoxi paste called Quick Steel (I do not know if this stuff is available in the States) but after 2 hours sailing its almost been completely worn off. I do not want to glue my frame together so shimming sounds like the only option but in 3 mm you can stick quite a few beer can layers. I was thinking about welding some new aluminium in the worn areas and then filing it back to the original shape, but I´m afraid about heat damaging the hull structure. Also I read somewhere about greasing pylon and casting prior to epoxy which would give a similar result as glueing (maybe not so strong) and make the operation "non-permanent". What would you reccomend?? Thanks very much for your help Antonio Mallorca - Spain |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|