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Replacing transom wood- without disassembling aluminum
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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 499137" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p><strong>Believe me </strong>... it WILL cause problems <strong><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">if </span></em>the boat is used is saltwater.</strong> Anyone with an old green or black Penn or black Garcia Mitchell reel used in the salt can verify it for themselves. Did you ever have the paint coming off near a screw but it also looked like it was bubbling? And maybe you saw white powder' under the paint chipping off? Yup ... galvanic corrosion that was caused by the SS screw used to fasten the sideplate onto the aluminum reel(s).</p><p></p><p>Heck, on my 1st tin conversion, I just used duct tape underneath the washers on either side of what was fastened to the tin, like that under the head of the bolt or the nylok nut ... and it worked. I just tried to <em>up my game</em> as of late, lol!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 499137, member: 15636"] [B]Believe me [/B]... it WILL cause problems [B][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]if [/COLOR][/I]the boat is used is saltwater.[/B] Anyone with an old green or black Penn or black Garcia Mitchell reel used in the salt can verify it for themselves. Did you ever have the paint coming off near a screw but it also looked like it was bubbling? And maybe you saw white powder' under the paint chipping off? Yup ... galvanic corrosion that was caused by the SS screw used to fasten the sideplate onto the aluminum reel(s). Heck, on my 1st tin conversion, I just used duct tape underneath the washers on either side of what was fastened to the tin, like that under the head of the bolt or the nylok nut ... and it worked. I just tried to [I]up my game[/I] as of late, lol! [/QUOTE]
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