12 ft Jon boat ? Transom Replacement

[chad101]

I have a very old (badly beat up and patched) Jon boat I purchased for $100. My goal is to restore this boat for some weekend Bass fishing.

The transom wood was so rotted; I was able to remove 100 % of the wood with my bare hands.

I removed both aluminum corner supports and attempted to bend up the top transom lip with a pair of channel locks so I can slip in the new board. I afraid that I may be causing more harm than good with this technique; the channel locks are starting to make small tears into the aluminum.

Is there is a trick (or makeshift tool) for this? I don?t want to destroy the boat to a point where it?s beyond repair.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 12 ft Jon boat ? Transom Replacement

Moving to restoration....

I haven't seen one like that with metal bent over the transom wood like that. Usually a removable aluminum "cap". I wouldn't worry about boogering it up. You can just replace it with some aluminum angle.

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Re: 12 ft Jon boat ? Transom Replacement

That's how I did mine. It worked for me.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 12 ft Jon boat ? Transom Replacement

Pick up a Vise-Grip Sheet Metal Tool for about $20 and it will clean that up nicely