Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.
Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch
OT - but seriously need help!
Now to the problem - The fishing seats match the riding seats but the screws on the bottom are rusted on. I don't want to tear up the vinyl covering but those 4 screws on the bottom of the seat base (it's the part that connects to the old seat bases) won't move. I've used WD-40 to try and loosen...but no luck yet. These are the original seats and I want to keep them. Any suggestions?
Here's the Base
For those that are interested - it's a 1979 Norris Craft 1580 (16' overall length) with an Evinrude 100 StarFlite S outboard. Norris Crafts are high performance hand built boats - extremely fast and stable - this little sucker will top out at 58 mph with nothing in the water but the prop! It screams and fishing great, very stable with the Cathedral V hull design...and you sit right on the water...feels like a racing go-cart. Completely rewired - engine bebuilt and tuned...updated electronics with GPS - just a little fishing machine. Your help would be appreciated.
Thanks -
LJ
PS - did you notice the aluminum trim around the carpet edges - beautiful boat
Comments
-
Have you tried PB Blaster? Designed to unfreeze rusted bolts. Worked great on the 40+ year old exhaust manifold bolts I took off an old car last summer.
-
First, soak with some penetrating oil.
Then if you cant get them out you need a good tap and die set or an EZ out kit from the hardware store.
Basically you drill out the center of the existing screws with a small bit, which relieves pressure and allows the penetrating oil to really work. -
You aint no Emeril...and if this this the place you thought you could get your boating question answered..you need to do some SERIOUS re-thinking...at least put it in the OT forum...out of respect..
-
Is there any way to get to the screws and grind off the heads or base nuts to remove the seat?
-
drill the heads off the screws with the largest possible bit that fits the head of the screw. just go slow and then use vise grips to remove the remainder
-
I just gotta ask: How fast are the fish you are trying to catch?
-
Sorry WessB - please have the post moved to the Ot board and I'm guessing you will do that with all the other OT posts too.
Didn't mean any disrespect and will not get into a pissing match - please accept my apology.
LJ -
Try an impact screwdriver.Send me an e-mail and I will describe it to you.It is not pnuematic or electric it is hammer driven.You can get one at your local farm equipment dealer. ;)Like 3P said that PB Blaster is some good stuff,so is Croil oil.
-
Nope - can't get under the heads - I just checked...I guess the drilling might be the only possible solution. Damn - got all the way to the end and this happens - I thought all it needed was to mount seats back on new pedestals and buff/wax.
LJ -
Jimmy, PB Blaster is good, but I have heard from a bunch of British car guys that a product called Kano Kroil is better (though I've never used it). If anyone knows about rust it's Brit car guys!
Apply either and let soak overnight. If that still doesn't do it, you could apply some more, let is soak and then put an air wrench on it. Either way, you run the risk of twisting the bolt in two.
PB is probably available locally. Kroil, you probably have to order. Google Kroil - you'll find it. Good luck!I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
you can still grind the heads off and remove the threads with vice grips but I would go with what Fidel suggested first
-
I dont have that authority..no disrespect and no pissin match involved....if I wanted info on fixin a VW..do ya think I would ask it on the egg forum....think about it..I love all of the expertise available to us on this forum as well...Honestly, just seemed like there would be more appropriate places to get an honest answer to your "fair" question....
-
A conical or pyramid shaped grind head on a dremel tool will grind the old heads right off and there would be no damage to the existing seat or support.
-
heat them if you can but if not tap firmly on the screwdriver while applying pressure.
-
Oh you are such a techie. Better tell him your power tools are in lockdown.
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
-
I spelled it wrong!
-
thats how I came up with the tap method
-
I assume there is some kind of metal anchor in the wood bottom seat that is rusted and holding the screw. If I were putting that much effort into the restoration, I'd find a good upholstery shop to disassemble the bottom of the seat so I could get to the screws. Maybe even replace the wood while I was in there.
-
Fidel - then use the oil to get to the remaining screws? I just noticed that because of the vinyl - I don't think the WD-40 is getting to the screws.
So - what time Friday do you want me to drop by with the seats?
LJ -
Man - fresh water barracuda are fast! Nothing like trolling for them at 58 mph!
LJ -
That was what I was talkin about when I said Impact screwdriver.They make one that only turns when hit with a hammer.AWESOME for tough screws.It's about 2 in diameter and has replaceable bits,you put it on the stuck screw and hit it as hard as you can with a shop hammer.The blow turns the driver head and the downward pressure from the hammer drives the screwdriver bit into the screw at the same time.
-
Firetruck - that will be the next step any any of the suggestions don't work. Fidel is going to do it for me and I'll buy him lunch. Right Fidel?
LJ -
What is the problem with people occasionally asking very general questions on this forum? He put OT in the title, so don't read it if you don't want to read something OFF TOPIC. How rude can you be to bash someone that is asking a very general question to people that they have grown to trust.
Also, it sure seems to me that this very able and diverse forum gave some very good tips and advice to help a friend out with a dilemma. Thank you for trusting the forum enough to inquire about a small problem you were having.
I hope you feel free to ask questions and post OT posts in the future. Individuals with silly problems and an inability to ignore OT posts do NOT speak for me, and most likely others on this forum.
Best to you! -
Hoss,
I have a hardwood floor nailer that works just like that. BTW it isn't good to get the poolgirl thinkin too much. Bad sh!t happens
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
-
Thanks guys - I appreciate it and will let you know how it turns out...on the OT board, of course.
Now back Fidel...okay, lunch and some fruit and veges from the big fridge...and I'll even throw in some good conversaton with a dumb Ol' Poor Georgia Redneck boy. We an discuss micro-biology or lettuce...your choice! :laugh:
LJ -
One other thought... if you use PB Blaster, it's a mess. Hard to control the spray and to keep it off of things you want to keep it off of. I imagine Kroil is equally difficult.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
:laugh: I'll keep that in mind when posting Dangerous methods of operation! :laugh:
-
hell I have power tools that I haven't broken anything with yet,, time to get busy :evil:
-
Thanks Hitch - and you are correct - I've got 4-5 different ways to resolve the problem and feel that one or all will work. Man - I'm just sick...like I said, all the way to the end and then this happens...makes my Blood Sugar rise! :laugh:
LJ -
Lanier Jim wrote:Thanks guys - I appreciate it and will let you know how it turns out...on the OT board, of course. LJ
If you post it there, I will never know how it turned out.I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut
Categories
- All Categories
- 182.7K EggHead Forum
- 15.7K Forum List
- 459 EGGtoberfest
- 1.9K Forum Feedback
- 10.3K Off Topic
- 2.2K EGG Table Forum
- 1 Rules & Disclaimer
- 9K Cookbook
- 12 Valentines Day
- 91 Holiday Recipes
- 223 Appetizers
- 516 Baking
- 2.4K Beef
- 88 Desserts
- 163 Lamb
- 2.4K Pork
- 1.5K Poultry
- 30 Salads and Dressings
- 320 Sauces, Rubs, Marinades
- 543 Seafood
- 175 Sides
- 121 Soups, Stews, Chilis
- 35 Vegetarian
- 100 Vegetables
- 312 Health
- 292 Weight Loss Forum