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guy martin
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Initially Posted - 11/14/2001 :  18:13:38  Show Profile
Two of the screws on my mast step plate spin freely
dose any one have any insite on how i should repair this
my thoughts were to drill out the holes then fill with epoxy and rescrew the plate down
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c25sailor
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Response Posted - 11/14/2001 :  18:25:55  Show Profile
There ya go, Guy, that's what you need to do. Don't forget to re-drill pilot holes after the epoxy cures.

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 11/14/2001 :  19:41:50  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
I thru-bolted all 4 of the tabernacle mounting bolts while I was adding a mast base plate for halyard turning blocks. The two forward holes came out in the head compartment OK, but the two aft ones broke out of the deck liner right on the aft corners of
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 11/14/2001 :  21:05:22  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
We had a similar problem. Your first concern is whether the holes are just stripped or if you have any dry rot. Barring any dry rot, you will want to fill the holes with epoxy resin. I prefer the west system brands. You will want to add some filler to
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rclift
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Response Posted - 11/14/2001 :  23:23:20  Show Profile
when I noticed that a couple of lag bolts had lost their grip into the mast support I first tried to thru bolt the mast plate. The results were less then satisfactory. The two forward bolts came through in the head area and the backing washers were on a
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