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Message: <blockquote data-quote="boatyard" data-source="post: 519040" data-attributes="member: 36319">Those are usually just threaded shanks with a V block of wood inside and a nut. Take a Dremel tool or grinder and cut the nut off, remove the bow eye, wire wheel and chase the threads with a die and reninstall with a new stainless steel nylock nut. If the threads are too far gone, and they may well be, your looking at heating up the bow eye to free up the old stud to remove it. If its stainless, your already good to go. Cut a new piece of hardwood or machine up a chunk of aluminum and it'll lest the next five owners their lifetimes as well. Your lucky, a lot of bow eyes are riveted on and you either replace the rivets or tighten the old one's with an air hammer and backing block.</blockquote>