Racer944
08-15-2011, 11:25 PM
Hi Guys;
Well, I just got a new Impulse 31 from my LHS and took her out of the box tonight. Looks really nice and I was looking forward to giving her a test run in the next few days. Started to work on her and first thing I noticed was that one of the tabs was not level (side to side) so I decide to do what the manual says to adjust them and loosened the screws that hold them to the hull. First one was fine, but as I began to loosen the second one, the head sheared off the bolt... and now I am left with a huge problem that may be impossible to solve properly. To say I am disheartened is an understatement...
Thought I would post this as a warning to others to be very careful... In my case I cannot access the broken screw from the outside or the inside, as when it was drilled, the screw actually went into the rib structure and not through the transom like the other screw so I can bsarely even see where it would be let alone grab any part of it.
Any advice is welcome... although I think I know that the only way to fix this properly would be to drill it out, and I am afraid that will be very trickly if not impossible without doing damage given that this is into fiberglass. I think I basically have a brand new never run display model...
Thanks for reading... just had to tell someone...
Eric
Well, I just got a new Impulse 31 from my LHS and took her out of the box tonight. Looks really nice and I was looking forward to giving her a test run in the next few days. Started to work on her and first thing I noticed was that one of the tabs was not level (side to side) so I decide to do what the manual says to adjust them and loosened the screws that hold them to the hull. First one was fine, but as I began to loosen the second one, the head sheared off the bolt... and now I am left with a huge problem that may be impossible to solve properly. To say I am disheartened is an understatement...
Thought I would post this as a warning to others to be very careful... In my case I cannot access the broken screw from the outside or the inside, as when it was drilled, the screw actually went into the rib structure and not through the transom like the other screw so I can bsarely even see where it would be let alone grab any part of it.
Any advice is welcome... although I think I know that the only way to fix this properly would be to drill it out, and I am afraid that will be very trickly if not impossible without doing damage given that this is into fiberglass. I think I basically have a brand new never run display model...
Thanks for reading... just had to tell someone...
Eric