SoCal Jet Boats

Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: ElGringoLoco on October 26, 2016, 07:48:29 AM

Title: Replace or repair?
Post by: ElGringoLoco on October 26, 2016, 07:48:29 AM

Last weekend,  I pulled a dumbass move, and put the bow into the dock pretty hard.  I hit it square on the nose, and it tweaked the rub rail. Is this something I can beat back in place with a rubber mallet, or do I need to drill out the rivets and have it redone?  (https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20161026%2F600429dd08a497871569c0822f557655.jpg&hash=70abd16d6ecc7de7cbdb9a77aa96a20f5d38ce80)

Title: Re: Replace or repair?
Post by: GT Jets on October 26, 2016, 08:09:18 AM

Being as it's anodized it will be difficult to make it look right because the surface metal will crystallize because it's so hard.

I would pull the insert (carefully) and drill about 4' worth of rivets and if you can,  put some plywood between the boat and the rail. Anytime you deal with anodizing,  slow and steady wins the race.  Small tweaks moving the metal slowly with nothing sharp.

Channel lock pliers with a piece of vinyl to cushion the jaws seems to work well.

Good luck,  looks the the moulding did it's job perfect.

GT

Title: Re: Replace or repair?
Post by: ElGringoLoco on October 26, 2016, 04:25:50 PM

I guess it's tough to see in that picture, here's the nose(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20161026%2Fd8e29f80cdfff822fb2eb90a3817a44b.jpg&hash=6ee97c658b1ab6fc2442792b035cc035ac845aa2)

Title: Re: Replace or repair?
Post by: GT Jets on October 26, 2016, 04:32:38 PM

Quote from: ElGringoLoco on October 26, 2016, 04:25:50 PM

I guess it's tough to see in that picture, here's the nose(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20161026%2Fd8e29f80cdfff822fb2eb90a3817a44b.jpg&hash=6ee97c658b1ab6fc2442792b035cc035ac845aa2)

I thought you would have been more concerned with the crunch about 14" back on the port side.

Title: Re: Replace or repair?
Post by: ElGringoLoco on October 26, 2016, 04:38:32 PM

I think I'm just a hack photographer. Here's another shot(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20161026%2F922a543f9e6e45195538bcca4be60ee5.jpg&hash=949e339e3e3992c13f0c4cc2d010e2a348977cc6)