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ParaDocks
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Initially Posted - 07/22/2013 :  06:38:38  Show Profile
Both screws on my port bow cleat broke off. One of the screws would never tighten like the others. How can I get the broken screws out? They are broken off about 1/4 inch below the surface? My C25 is a 1990 model.
Jim D
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  07:28:55  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
can you get them from underneath with vice grips or something? Aren't there through bolted?
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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  07:57:11  Show Profile
nuts on the bolts in the anchor locker.

Knock it out, drill it out, tape up the bottom, fill with resin, drill out and drop in some new bolts with polysulfide.

and nuts on the bottom.

and some backing blocks if you feel like it.

If you have a gap between the deck and liner you might need to fill the edges of the holes first with some thickened epoxy or putty.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  08:14:25  Show Profile
<< Both screws on my port bow cleat broke off. >>

Oh.. and if you do a really good job, with stronger screws and backing blocks it might tear out a really big hole when it fails the next time.
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ParaDocks
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  08:58:44  Show Profile
I can not get to the bolts from the anchor locker without cutting an access panel. Due to the depth of the anchor locker on later model C25's you can not get access from underneath. I am hoping someone has been here before and figured out a way to solve the problem. Someone at the dock suggested drilling new holes slightly offset from the old ones. Another person said cut an access panel.
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  09:33:05  Show Profile
My boat is a 1987, so I'm not sure if there is a design difference on a 1990. I changed all of my cleats because I didn't like the small size. The bow cleats were through-bolted, and the nuts and backing plates were accessed from inside the anchor locker. I removed the old cleats, filled the holes and drilled new holes for the larger cleats.

My original thread on it here:
http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true& TOPIC_ID=22816& SearchTerms=cleat
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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  10:10:10  Show Profile
Bump...

<< I am hoping someone has been here before and figured out a way to solve the problem. >>

Sorry... didn't know the later models were improved.

Can you drill through to the locker?
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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  10:11:31  Show Profile
<< drilling new holes slightly offset from the old ones >>

sounds like a plan..
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kc5dlo
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Response Posted - 07/22/2013 :  12:56:21  Show Profile
I need to re-bed the bow pulpit on my '89. The only way I see to gain access to the nuts is thru a couple of new access ports inside the anchor locker. I would think it would be the same for the cleats.
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