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Ghostryder65
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Need help finding rivets, Tracker Grizzly 1648
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I think in that case I would just use aluminum pop rivets. No galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals. Easy to drill out if needed. Or...
Jun 13, 2024
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Need help finding rivets, Tracker Grizzly 1648
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A Ahhh ok. I was trying to wrap my mind around using rivnuts though the hull and it kinda hurt my brain.. 😂 😆
Jun 13, 2024
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The rivets are NOT holding the hull to the ribs, they are holding the floor to the ribs. No chance of any "leaks".
Jun 13, 2024
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Need help finding rivets, Tracker Grizzly 1648
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Wow! I have not seen this before. But I have never seen a tracker apart before. Those look really corroded, are they steel?
Jun 12, 2024
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Need help finding rivets, Tracker Grizzly 1648
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Maybe I did misunderstand him. But from my experiences they have been Brazier and you have to remove the floor and foam to get to them...
Jun 12, 2024
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I don't think you understood him. They are NOT Brazier head rivets in the floor. There is no way for anyone to get to the other side of...
Jun 12, 2024
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Need help finding rivets, Tracker Grizzly 1648
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They are most likely 3/16 Brazier Head rivets. 1100 aluminum. I am on my 4th hull rebuild. 2 StarCraft, a Duracraft, and a Mirrocraft...
Jun 12, 2024
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Pulling the floor for my grizzly to gut the foam out of it. I can't for the life of me find the proper size and material of rivets to...
Jun 12, 2024
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Leak in 16' Aluminum Tinner
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A also with less water like you suggest, 2 people can tilt the hull to the side to bring water level up to waterline rivets. A third...
May 28, 2024
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What crazyboat said. Boat on horses or trailer and run a hose in. You don't have to fill it to the gunwales, just a few inches. On...
May 28, 2024
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There's nothing that new, the 1989 110 and little 3hp were the newest motors in the lot. There is a loose earlier 140 cover, we used it...
May 25, 2024
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There seems to be a lot of 'old guys' collections for sale lately, I think we must have lost a few collectors lately. I was at a...
May 25, 2024
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The OP just needs to put an eye patch on the boat.
May 23, 2024
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Another Paint Stripping Thread! On a 65 year old Starcraft
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May 22, 2024
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Another Paint Stripping Thread! On a 65 year old Starcraft
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I am in the process of rebuilding a 1977 Mirrocraft 14' deep vee. It had a couple of paint jobs over the original paint. I used...
May 22, 2024
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