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Mark Maxwell
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Initially Posted - 05/30/2006 :  16:11:29  Show Profile
Anyone done the retro fit kit from CD on a cast keel yet? Do the original bolts get removed or do they stay in place? Thanks in advance.

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& Product_ID=1071

anyone?

Mark-
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1978 C25 #533 SR/DIN/FIN ~_/)~
Bakersfield, CA.
Edited by - Mark Maxwell on 05/31/2006 15:28:03

JimB517
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Response Posted - 06/01/2006 :  11:41:22  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I had this done when I bought Indiscipline (then Miss Sociable). The old bolts stay in place. The new are "sistered" alongside. The old bolts are treated with oxalayic acid and then bitumen first. It is a long job. About 1 new bolt can be drilled and tapped per day (cast iron is hard). The seller paid $900 for the whole job, money well spent. A drill press was used (pop top up). Done in the slip. I did not use the CD kit. I have the original bolts - now #2 pencil sized plus 6 new 3/4 inch studs threaded down about 6 inches with washers and bolts.

Keel should be good for another 25 years.
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