littlejohn
Active member
When we put the boat in the water last weekend, we found a few rivets that seeped. They weren't all that bad, so I wasn't really all that worried about them. Yesterday afternoon I decided to rebuck them so I filled the boat up with water. Just about every rivet on the bottom was leaking and the ones along the front bench seat you'd have thought weren't even there. Those were just pouring water through. I guess with the boat in the water, the water pressure shoved them all up, thus closing them and sealing them. But with the water pressure coming from the other side, it shoved them all down and opened them.
I was looking forward to only having to fix three or four and ended up doing just about every one. There are still some I weren't able to get to because the boat was on the trailer, so I'll have to take it off and do them tomorrow. Some just need to be replaced.
I'm thinking of borrowing a welder and spending next weekend welding them all so it won't ever leak again. Should I? I'd rather just spend the time to fix it all at once and not have to rebuck rivets again later on.
I was looking forward to only having to fix three or four and ended up doing just about every one. There are still some I weren't able to get to because the boat was on the trailer, so I'll have to take it off and do them tomorrow. Some just need to be replaced.
I'm thinking of borrowing a welder and spending next weekend welding them all so it won't ever leak again. Should I? I'd rather just spend the time to fix it all at once and not have to rebuck rivets again later on.