Improper Stuffing tube install

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  • izcain
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 274

    #1

    Improper Stuffing tube install

    Ok guys I have a quick question. The previous owner of my cf daytona installed the stuffing tube incorrectly and the alignment is way off with the motor mount. What should have been done is the stuffing tube should have been installed another couple of inches further back then it would have came out in the right area for proper alignment. My question is I am thinking about just putting another hole further back and installing the stuffing tube and getting everything lined up good then putting tape over the bottom of the hulls old hole and filling everything in with epoxy. Figured I would make it look like one large tear shape. Does this sound like a ok thing to do?

    I dont really want to cut the mounts loose and move the motor further forward since it seems to have ok cog with were the mounts are right now.
    CF Fightercat Daytona, 21 year old Hitec Sea Nymph, Genesis and many more to come im sure.
  • siberianhusky
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Dec 2009
    • 2187

    #2
    Exact way I've done it before, use electrical tape and the epoxy won't stick to it. I then put a small square of fiberglass and epoxy over the hole on the inside of the hull.
    Just did this to an H&M hull, didn't even need to sand the outside of the patch.
    I mix a bit of micro balloons in with the epoxy, won't ooze and smear epoxy under the tape if you thicken it a bit.
    First time I did this I used green painters masking tape, the epoxy stuck to it, not fun trying to sand a mix of paper, adhesive and epoxy smooth.
    I also now remove the electrical tape when the epoxy hasn't fully cured, wait 'til it's hard but still a little rubbery.
    I did a pretty big repair on my Motley Crew using mylar film as a release film on the outside of the hull, worked great and required minimal sanding.
    If my boats upside down then who owns the one I thought I was driving the last two laps?

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    • T.S.Davis
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Oct 2009
      • 6221

      #3
      Same way I do it. I use scotch tape though. Trick I learnt from uncle Randy.

      The glue on scotch tape is pathetic so it turns out pretty easy to get off.
      Noisy person

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      • longballlumber
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Apr 2007
        • 3132

        #4
        I would mix some type of glass filler in with the epoxy... It would add some stength to the epoxy. Something like this would work

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        • izcain
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2012
          • 274

          #5
          I ended up covering the bottom side of the hole with a piece of plastic and because the new stuffing tube was only an inch or so further back I made a teardrop shaped o-ring in there and filled the whole thing in. It turned out great and the platic did not stick and it is super strong! Didn't even have to sand the underside of it at all. It came out almost perfectly flush. If the hole was further away to where I could not of done this I would have put fiberglass in with it. JB Kwik is good stuff!
          CF Fightercat Daytona, 21 year old Hitec Sea Nymph, Genesis and many more to come im sure.

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