easy transom removal with pics

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it is not my objective to offend, hurt, or gloat. this for all my iboats buddies, who are currently standing with sore arms, blistered hands, broken chisels, and all that other stuff that goes with a transom removal.......I GOT LUCKY..!

so please dont use cuss words, throw things thru yer puter monitor, go burn your hull, or even for that matter kick the dog!

theres even one for drewmitch 44 here!
i can only do 6 images at a time so this is gonna be a multiple post


my transom de lamed from the glass hull i could all most pry the whole trans off in one peice but it was just a little too tough......

so i put a hook thru the transom/ wood only

then attatched a transom u hook to the bow end by lightly bolting it to the existing interor bow hook

then attached a comealong to the two

cont......next post

 

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then i started to crank (watching bow stress and transom glass stress of course!)

and out it popped !!

man did i get lucky !!!!!! dodged a bullit there.....

all i gotta do is grind off the lam till i see hull and that part of the job is done!

by the way drew mitch 44.... this ones for you...!

thats a pick of my second grinder going up in smoke !!!!! man thoes grinders just dont like glass !!!!

cheers my friends....i feel for ya!
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[tashasdaddy]

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man that transom was good for another 2 seasons, mine usually are 3/4 mush.

 

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just to the right of the eye hook is a two foot hole rotted right thru 2 lamed sheets of 3/4. ill find a pic !

 

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picks of the rot are tough to see...but here goes

all the rot is on the right side a foot from the top.

the whole right side was toast....or should i say mush!!!!
and wet !!! that thing must weighed a hundred pounds....(or 45 kilos)

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[drewmitch44]

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Why am I involved in this??? Cause of the dust? I got some Dewalt wheels and man those things are great!! Anyways why am I in this thread My transom is solid like Metal. Actually my transom is stainless steel. It most likely weighs about 100 pounds but it is a huge hunk of stainless Steel that came cut to fit from Kohler faucets plant that a buddy of mine works at. They have excess steel that from time to time have to destroy and my transom came from that.

 

[drewmitch44]

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Dont make me put the mouse on the wheel!!! LOL Or put the grebal in the paper towel tube and jam it in someone's a..!!! LOL LOL

 

[Robj]

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Go buy a grinder from Canadian Tire, they often have them for sale at $20 each. Everytime you cook one, just take it back for a new one. I only cooked one during my project, and got a new one on warranty. Looks like your project is progressing nicely. Are you still going to lengthen it by 4 feet?

Have a great day,

Rob.

 

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Dont make me put the mouse on the wheel!!! LOL Or put the grebal in the paper towel tube and jam it in someone's a..!!! LOL LOL

hows the grinding commin buddie.....
were all in this stuff togeather!!!!lol i feel for ya

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[drewmitch44]

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When you cut the inside skin out of the transom like that it is not supposed to be difficult to remove. what people are upset about when removing their transom wood is that they dont want to remove the inside skin of the transom. Your transom does not have the inside glass skin in the pictures. If this is the case then anyone should be able to remove the wood in about an hour or so. If there is a layer of glass on the inside of the transom that you want to save then thats when you have problems. Why would someone get mad that you removed your transom wood? I mean it looks good but i dont understand why you would think that it was all that easy? If everyone wanted to remove the skin like that then they would not have such a hard time. Now the challenge to you is reinstalling a new transom and laminating it to the hull and the stringers without the skin there. Thats a lot of planning and glassing becides the wood of the transom. Now you got to tab everything together without a piece of the puzzle.

 

[oops!]

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Go buy a grinder from Canadian Tire, they often have them for sale at $20 each. Everytime you cook one, just take it back for a new one. I only cooked one during my project, and got a new one on warranty. Looks like your project is progressing nicely. Are you still going to lengthen it by 4 feet?

Have a great day,

Rob.

hah ! that what i did. and that is a 20 bucker!

great minds.....
about the extension...as long as i can get my two glass men..defenitly..and if not... very possibly ill know by the weekend. but if im goin to do it ...nows the time.

 

[Lou C]

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I'll say you were lucky, not only did it come right off, but in one piece so it'll make a good template. I had a similar experience with the deck in my 88 Four Winns, cut up to 3" from the hull, and since the deck was only stapled down, a little prying with a prybar and it just popped up, used the old pieces for a template which made fitting the new ones go faster.

 

[DJ]

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Now the challenge to you is reinstalling a new transom and laminating it to the hull and the stringers without the skin there. Thats a lot of planning and glassing becides the wood of the transom. Now you got to tab everything together without a piece of the puzzle.

Use the old wood as a pattern. You'll even get the outdrive hole in the right place. Works great. That's why it works so well to remove the inner skin.

 

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Use the old wood as a pattern. You'll even get the outdrive hole in the right place. Works great. That's why it works so well to remove the inner skin.

yup you bet dj.....

the one side is so rot that it isnt there...gone.. but i can still use it and just flip the wood..perfect copy.....in a little worried cus its so wet that it will shrink some. but ill just measure the template and compaire it to the hull.

my mech says he wants to cut the out drive hole...he promises me hes gonna glass in the wood, but i wanna be there to see it done.. dont wanna do all that work just to have some one do it thier way and not the i boats way!

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