Parker Yahoo Group Archived Messages
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410 | Dana Cunniff | Re: Trim tab replacement issues | 4/26/2005 21:44:00 | |
I have a couple of holes in my tabs on a '96 2530. No real plan to replace them, but how did the talks go. After a year or two I started to put two zincs per trim tab. Thanks. Dana --- kynan2320 <<a href="/group/parkerboats/post?postID=K5fhGBcXs96pXFtO0MMMiWZYRYooWWtuj2e9iv8jLOGsWa9W6mbVWHdvIF1q5OddCwv2g7ZONjiE">kynan@...</a>> wrote: > > OK, > > Long story short, my trim tabs on my 97 2320 had > through tab > corrosion in a couple of spots, despite religous use > of zincs. BL > Instatrim company was great on replacing them for 50 > bucks, sent new > zincs and all new hardware as a plus. Ultra quick > turnaround. > Can't say enough about them. > > When I pulled the old tabs off, I found the intall > method being > bedding with 4200 or 5200 behind the mounting plate, > and the same > adhesive in the holes. > > As I obsess on things, such as water getting into > the transom, I > opted for the method of drilling larger holes, > filling with west > system epoxy, letting it harden, and then drilling > the proper size > holes, and rebedding the holes, the backs and screw > threads with > 5200. > > Now, the oly problem with this, was that upon > filling the holes, > (eight or ten on each side, about half of them > wanted to take an > endless supply of epoxy through the syringe. A > couple would fill > through one and bleed out the one next to it, just > like filling your > lower unit. It's like there's a big void behind a > couple of > spots....this was only on the holes closest to the > bottom of the > transom. No moisture, just a void.T his is with > drilling in just to > the depth of the existing mounting hardware too. > > A couple of holes I got tired of messing with, so I > opted for some > quick set 5 minute epoxy. > > Just sharing for folks if they have the same issue > of pulling tabs; > just stick with rebbing with 3m adhesive vs. doing > the "overboard > thing. I don't think I helped my cause much with > this at all. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> |