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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
12' 1975 Eldocraft first Jonboat project
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<blockquote data-quote="Androsyn" data-source="post: 405734" data-attributes="member: 20317"><p>Got a good start on the tear-down yesterday. I forgot to take a before picture of the hubs but you can get a good idea of how caked they were with old grease by checking out the inside of the inner wheels.</p><p> When I got the fenders off they were a little tweaked. I'm going to try to straiten them back up and maybe install a more rigid inner wheel well to avoid that flex in the future.</p><p>The leafs looked pretty good but the mounts that they were on were bent as well (they also hold the fenders). Maybe some thing was hit that caused the bend but I think off the trailer I should be able to heat em up and hammer them back into shape.</p><p>The tires could use replacing too. There's a sliver of metal wedged into one of the sidewalls (I can't believe it was holding air) but they're not trailer tires and the load on them with the trailer slick is next-to-nothing. I will try to find a set of the same size used tires at a shop. Meanwhile my buddy is taking the rems to his work and media blasting & priming them for me (this will cost me a 24 pack of bud light). Cheers!</p><p> :beer: :beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Androsyn, post: 405734, member: 20317"] Got a good start on the tear-down yesterday. I forgot to take a before picture of the hubs but you can get a good idea of how caked they were with old grease by checking out the inside of the inner wheels. When I got the fenders off they were a little tweaked. I'm going to try to straiten them back up and maybe install a more rigid inner wheel well to avoid that flex in the future. The leafs looked pretty good but the mounts that they were on were bent as well (they also hold the fenders). Maybe some thing was hit that caused the bend but I think off the trailer I should be able to heat em up and hammer them back into shape. The tires could use replacing too. There's a sliver of metal wedged into one of the sidewalls (I can't believe it was holding air) but they're not trailer tires and the load on them with the trailer slick is next-to-nothing. I will try to find a set of the same size used tires at a shop. Meanwhile my buddy is taking the rems to his work and media blasting & priming them for me (this will cost me a 24 pack of bud light). Cheers! :beer: :beer: [/QUOTE]
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