Believe me I want to start using this thing as soon as I can, but from my years of doing things if I rush I will always wish I would have done it another way. My first build I put a transom in and did not get it in good enough and had to pull it out and redo it. So just taking my time and learn...
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Got back at it a few weeks ago. Decided before I lay the bones (still deciding my layout) in let me get the back to the transom cap and putty that to its main piece. Cut up about 2" off the splash wall where it would connect to the transom where the splash drain is. I will re-glass that...
I tested the trailer out last Friday. I needed to pick up my boat from the marina and bring it back home. Done with that place:mad:. Trailer ride was nice and smooth. No issue with brakes locking up. Again I replace both calipers and pads. New bearings and seals on the brake axle. And on one new...
I purchase new calipers and a new 24" hose. The old calipers I will rebuild and place on my other single axle boat trailer that is in its project stage. The old one I removed the piston and rubber seals. No pitting and the seals are in good shape except for when I removed the main seal. I think...
Old friend of my brother had a Montclair with powerbrakes. Oh my gosh with a slight tap of the brake you almost hit your head on the dashboard. I could not drive that car 2 blocks. Take some getting use too.
Yes be able to move freely and not affected by the suspension moving up and down.
So with the starboard caliper i finally got it to bleed after pulling the bleeder valve off and cleaning it. But it did not bleed like the port side. Port side I got real good stream. Starboard side it took 10x as...
Your image was what I wanted to do. It would match the longer hose running to the port side as it is on top of the axle with zip ties and snakes down into the caliper. I always felt that this hose hanging down would catch something on the road but at the time it was installed, I did not know...
Back at the trailer everyone. Got my 2 new Dexter calipers 46304 in last Friday and went over yesterday to install them and here is what happened. Removed the bad caliper from the brake hose. I did lightly strip the nut a bit and I notice the line did not even drip when I pulled it off. 🤔 I went...
61.5" or 71.5" is the beam 16' 1" center line. My center stringers I cut to 3" and the others are 2" in height. Might need to fill the stringers also will see.
From what I see on the roads most trucks set squat when the suspension is leveled and towing. Most of the trucks rear set higher than the front from the factory. I would think this makes a difference in towing if you level your truck.
We are not foaming this winter just a discussion on the processes of ways it can be done and sealed inside the boat. Hell I am hesitant to do glass work this winter. The math works as I said, if I make a cavity to hold X amount of volume and it only swells to 50% then I have only covered 50% of...
My approach is to use math to add the appropriate volume of foam. I will use L x W x H to know how much foam is in each cavity. So I will cap off section between the outer stringers with plywood (1/4 inch) that contains a certain volume and pour in the 10% more foam to ensure the cavity is...
The foam bonds to things as it expands/cures/hardens that makes foam adhere to surfaces. If you look at boat demolition you have to dig the foam out of the boat with a shovel to remove it and that is old foam. It does not just float out. And typically under the deck the foam is mostly at the...
