And so it begins .....again

[jorgeinmiami]

I'm so mad. I went to finish bolting the engine to the transom and 1 stinking hole is off by 1/4 inch.
The others are good just the 1 upper hole. Dammm I'm I pissed

I could drill it to fit but that leaves room for vibration.

What would you do??????

[DonV]

Let's see here, you have three holes that fit properly, which means no vibration in those three. If it was me I'd enlarge the fourth hole that's off by a 1/4" to fit the 1/2" bolt, fill with 5200 and tighten the heck out of it with a minimum of a double stacked 2" SS fender washer as backing.

[jorgeinmiami]

I'm so pisssed at myself right now

But I guess it will pass

[Capt Chuck]

Originally Posted by DonV

Let's see here, you have three holes that fit properly, which means no vibration in those three. If it was me I'd enlarge the fourth hole that's off by a 1/4" to fit the 1/2" bolt, fill with 5200 and tighten the heck out of it with a minimum of a double stacked 2" SS fender washer as backing.

Good advice Don. But I think I might consider 4200 just in case you get pissed off at yourself again in the future and need to remove that bolt without getting a hernia

[Spidercrab]

mr chuck
we uze duck tape an mastik ta fix big holes
sam

[jorgeinmiami]

A bottle of flex seal????

[jorgeinmiami]

Fill with thickened epoxy and re-drill?

[fredbrad]

easy fix, west system epoxy six10, fill the hole and drill new

[DonV]

Originally Posted by Capt Chuck

Good advice Don. But I think I might consider 4200 just in case you get pissed off at yourself again in the future and need to remove that bolt without getting a hernia

You are right Capt., good point, however I see he is now moving on to using epoxy. That's really going to make it tough to remove the bolt without a hernia!! I'm happy he did not use epoxy to set the #10 X 1" screws on his original trim tab installation!!!

[jorgeinmiami]

Originally Posted by DonV

You are right Capt., good point, however I see he is now moving on to using epoxy. That's really going to make it tough to remove the bolt without a hernia!! I'm happy he did not use epoxy to set the #10 X 1" screws on his original trim tab installation!!!

Naw on that I used 4200. But spoke to the glass guy said to bring it in

Oh well live and learn