scb1712
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2011
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Hi all,
I'm still working on a variety of small issues on my 2001 Glastron 175Sx. The current challenge is what to do about replacing/repairing one of the lag bolts that holds the starboard side engine mount in place.
One of the engine mount bolts is completely rusted out and just lifts right out of hole. I can actually drop a size larger lag bolt in without it touching anything either. Now - i'm a bit perpelxed as my understanding of this generation VEC constructed Glastron was that there was no wood used in the construction. So i'm not sure how the bolt rotting out would have taken anything else with it.
However, i'm still left with the question of how to repair this engine mount?? Do i just use the largest lag bolt that will bite into anything? My other thought was to pour in epoxy and let it harden then drill it out to the size of the original lag bolt. However - i don't know what's under the mount so i'm not sure if the epoxy would just pour into either the bilge or the hull somewhere.
Any thoughts??
Thanks,
Scb
I'm still working on a variety of small issues on my 2001 Glastron 175Sx. The current challenge is what to do about replacing/repairing one of the lag bolts that holds the starboard side engine mount in place.
One of the engine mount bolts is completely rusted out and just lifts right out of hole. I can actually drop a size larger lag bolt in without it touching anything either. Now - i'm a bit perpelxed as my understanding of this generation VEC constructed Glastron was that there was no wood used in the construction. So i'm not sure how the bolt rotting out would have taken anything else with it.
However, i'm still left with the question of how to repair this engine mount?? Do i just use the largest lag bolt that will bite into anything? My other thought was to pour in epoxy and let it harden then drill it out to the size of the original lag bolt. However - i don't know what's under the mount so i'm not sure if the epoxy would just pour into either the bilge or the hull somewhere.
Any thoughts??
Thanks,
Scb