Hi all,
I have a rigid vang on my boat (77 e29) and it attaches to the boom with a fitting like this.
Several of the machine screws that hold the bracket to the boom have their holes stripped in the boom.
I am wondering what the best strategy is to remedy this. I am not keen on simply moving the bracket and drilling new holes as I think this would weaken the boom somewhat.
Ideas I have come up with are:
1) get larger machine screws and re-tap the existing holes
2) line existing holes with something (JB Weld?), re-tap and use existing screws
Looking for thoughts/suggestions.
Thanks,
Peter
I have a rigid vang on my boat (77 e29) and it attaches to the boom with a fitting like this.
Several of the machine screws that hold the bracket to the boom have their holes stripped in the boom.
I am wondering what the best strategy is to remedy this. I am not keen on simply moving the bracket and drilling new holes as I think this would weaken the boom somewhat.
Ideas I have come up with are:
1) get larger machine screws and re-tap the existing holes
2) line existing holes with something (JB Weld?), re-tap and use existing screws
Looking for thoughts/suggestions.
Thanks,
Peter