Bolts in my tracking fins 1982 S&S

[damaged442]

I've heard of MCs with Perfect Pass. One with Perfect Pitch is new to me!!

[thatsmrmastercraft]

I like. Looks a lot better (on the trailer) than the rusted bolt & nut combo or the hole through the middle now that the first bolt is gone.
... I wonder if I could "tune" the fins to sing in 3 part harmony...
... maybe get them to sing different notes at different speeds, kinda like an audible speedo...

[Olaff]

I wonder what happens if you change the direction of the bolt? Perhaps this style rivet would be more pleasing to the eye.

I like. Looks a lot better (on the trailer) than the rusted bolt & nut combo or the hole through the middle now that the first bolt is gone.
... I wonder if I could "tune" the fins to sing in 3 part harmony...
... maybe get them to sing different notes at different speeds, kinda like an audible speedo...

[thatsmrmastercraft]

I wonder what happens if you change the direction of the bolt? Perhaps this style rivet would be more pleasing to the eye.

[Olaff]

So we had the boat on the lake this weekend;
I had only removed the bolt & nut from the front fin.... guess what, a vibration/noise at various speeds. I think it was B Flat. Kinda funny, as I would decelerate from wakeboard speed (about 20 mph) it would start at around 17 mph and disappear at around 15 mph.
By the end of today I had gotten to where I didn't even notice it anymore.

[Olaff]

JB Weld is made in Texas, It's gotta be good!
Actually I was trying to figure out how I could smelt some old .30-06 brass and fill the holes with the molten metal. That's just me...

[waterlogged882]

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[thatsmrmastercraft]

It's funny - you day epoxy and everyone is all smiles. Say JB Weld and people run away yelling and screaming.

That said, I have never used JB Weld because I always have some epoxy around.

[waterlogged882]

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[Miss Rita]

Take 'em out and fuhgeddaboudit, the holes are too small to make a performance difference. It's not worth the trouble to use JB Weld; that would take another hour you can't get back. You are the only one that will ever know they are there. Admit it: even you didn't notice them until you were on your back inspecting the keel!

[thatsmrmastercraft]

That's probably what I would do.

[Olaff]

Could be...
I'm going to run it once with the empty holes just to see, then probably fill the holes with JB Weld.

[thatsmrmastercraft]

It would make sense that zincs were there if it was ever to go in the briny water. Perhaps the previous owner thought that theos bolts were better than open holes.

[Olaff]

It was "close-to-Texas-Louisiana"... Shreveport/Bossier City area; but granted, Louisiana none the less.

[aquaman]

If the boat was from Louisiana........there is NO telling.


May have been the attachments for gator trolling ?