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My new 1960-61? AlumaCraft FD
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<blockquote data-quote="mbullen" data-source="post: 511140" data-attributes="member: 24594"><p>Nice FD! I love the steering pods. </p><p>As a heads-up, I can offer some experience with the Aqueduct transom. </p><p>It's likely you'll need to to replace both the yoke and the pad as one does on these old girls. </p><p></p><p>The path of least resistance is to remove the two center brackets. </p><p>Putting them back can be with more solid rivets or just stainless bolts will work fine in this location. </p><p></p><p>Many folks make the mistake of removing the corner brackets. There are screws there and it seems logical, however removing these becomes a gigantic headache. Putting them back has a high failure rate as they are cast items and spring-loaded into the gunnels. It's also likely the top transom plate is spot-welded, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbullen, post: 511140, member: 24594"] Nice FD! I love the steering pods. As a heads-up, I can offer some experience with the Aqueduct transom. It's likely you'll need to to replace both the yoke and the pad as one does on these old girls. The path of least resistance is to remove the two center brackets. Putting them back can be with more solid rivets or just stainless bolts will work fine in this location. Many folks make the mistake of removing the corner brackets. There are screws there and it seems logical, however removing these becomes a gigantic headache. Putting them back has a high failure rate as they are cast items and spring-loaded into the gunnels. It's also likely the top transom plate is spot-welded, as well. [/QUOTE]
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