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We just welded a few cross brace coupons beside the under the 'tunnel' portion and used a thicker gauge for the new tabs. When put new flooring in or rework the rear/bilge, I'm planning on adding several more braces (bottom angle of splashwell is so steep that there's no storage value there...
Phenomenal work! I've enjoyed living vicariously through your progress and seeing a few similarities. A quick note on that knee brace. Those tabs should be reinforced up top as they are definitely a weak spot in my experience. Now, if there's no flex it likely will never crack. I repaired...
Hi all - there have been lots of great threads on similar projects, however, I wanted to start my own. Lots of older posts and responding to them is between frowned upon and futile.
So... I found a cracked up transom knee bracket that led me to start peeling the later of the onion. Now...
Did you ever get the outer transom reskinned?? I'm replacing a transom on a 91 Sylvan Pro Fish 18.5 in the next week or so. Both motors came off easily so I'm feeling hopeful that I can pull transom out in one piece.
I know this is an old post but I'm curious how long the repair held up and if you took any pics?? I'm in the same boat, transom seems solid. I'm thinking TIG repair plus a bracket to reinforce.
