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Removing transom brace? Rivets?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 407544" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p>I'd use rivets myself.</p><p></p><p>One problem with threaded hardware, even if the SS use is "OK" (can still cause galvanic corrosion due to dissimilar metals) is that if the brace is subject to high stresses ... which it likely will be ... the threaded post of the fastener and actually wear or cut away at the hole making it bigger.</p><p></p><p>Galvanic corrosion can be prevented by insulating the aluminum from the stainless. I completely ISOLATED from the aluminum by nylon washers under the heads of the bolts and by adhesive-lined heatshrink applied to the bolt or fastener body. Properly insulated, you can use SS fasteners on alumnum, but they MUST be isolated.</p><p></p><p>If you let me know the length rivet you need I can send you some ...</p><p></p><p>[Edit - Updated info about jnsulating the materials from each other]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 407544, member: 15636"] I'd use rivets myself. One problem with threaded hardware, even if the SS use is "OK" (can still cause galvanic corrosion due to dissimilar metals) is that if the brace is subject to high stresses ... which it likely will be ... the threaded post of the fastener and actually wear or cut away at the hole making it bigger. Galvanic corrosion can be prevented by insulating the aluminum from the stainless. I completely ISOLATED from the aluminum by nylon washers under the heads of the bolts and by adhesive-lined heatshrink applied to the bolt or fastener body. Properly insulated, you can use SS fasteners on alumnum, but they MUST be isolated. If you let me know the length rivet you need I can send you some ... [Edit - Updated info about jnsulating the materials from each other] [/QUOTE]
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