"Short Wave Sportfishing" <onetwothree.RemoveThis@four.com> wrote in message
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> On 19 Dec 2006 04:16:59 -0800, "garcam" <garcam.RemoveThis@runbox.com> wrote:
>
>>I pulled the rotten wood decking out of my jon boat, which I recently
>>purchased, and noticed that the 3 center supports are chacked through
>>the middle. Someone put 2 pieces of aluminum channel across the
>>cracked areas and attached them with rivits. They look like the same
>>rivets that were used to anchor the wood decking so I'm assuming it was
>>the guy who built the boat out.
>>
>>What can I do to repair this and the loose rivets in the bottom?
>
> I take it that who ever had the boat before you sistered in another
> couple of pieces of aluminum over the cracked ribs?
>
> Are the cracks along the length of the rib or across the width of the
> rib? Doesn't matter actually because the correct way to fix it would
> be to weld the breaks on the ribs to make it solid again. It's not
> hard to find a welder who can weld light aluminum quickly and cheaply.
> I've done it on a couple of aluminum boats and it works fine.
>
> With respect to rivets, there are a couple of ways to do this
> including drilling the old ones out and replacing them, but that can
> be problematic if you don't have experience with hand riveting or have
> the power tools to make a tight join. My advice, if the rivets are
> leaking, is to use MarineTex epoxy or JB Weld and just cover them over
> after cleaning the area and making it a good surface for bonding.
Paint the bottom with Gluvit after fixing the rivets.
>> Stay informed about: Cracked Ribs & loose Rivets in my Jon boat...please advise 
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