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How to Stop Boat Screws From Vibrating Out
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<blockquote data-quote="Still Afloat" data-source="post: 500722" data-attributes="member: 32426"><p>My Crestliner has the same issue. It‘s an aluminum boat with an old wooden deck and the screws in the deck work loose. Important fasteners like screws that fasten seat pedestals have stainless tee nuts epoxied to the back side of the deck. Other fixtures like rod holders are just screwed into the wood and they loosen up over time. </p><p></p><p>A method that I’ve used with good success but, yet to try it on the boat is the following:</p><p>- Apply thinned or penetrating epoxy into the holes and let it soak in to the wood a bit</p><p>- Coat the screw treads with a thin layer of vasoline</p><p>- Insert the screw into the hole before the epoxy hardens</p><p>- Let the epoxy dry before trying to remove the screw</p><p></p><p>It’s basically a poor boy threaded insert for wood. The screw is removable and the epoxy hardened threads holds up much better than the wood alone. You could do the same thing with a slow cure CA glue but, epoxy is probably a better choice for marine applications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Still Afloat, post: 500722, member: 32426"] My Crestliner has the same issue. It‘s an aluminum boat with an old wooden deck and the screws in the deck work loose. Important fasteners like screws that fasten seat pedestals have stainless tee nuts epoxied to the back side of the deck. Other fixtures like rod holders are just screwed into the wood and they loosen up over time. A method that I’ve used with good success but, yet to try it on the boat is the following: - Apply thinned or penetrating epoxy into the holes and let it soak in to the wood a bit - Coat the screw treads with a thin layer of vasoline - Insert the screw into the hole before the epoxy hardens - Let the epoxy dry before trying to remove the screw It’s basically a poor boy threaded insert for wood. The screw is removable and the epoxy hardened threads holds up much better than the wood alone. You could do the same thing with a slow cure CA glue but, epoxy is probably a better choice for marine applications. [/QUOTE]
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