[Rhodes22-list] Need some help fixing my stupidity

[Graham Stewart]

Rob:

This might be a totally irrelevant to your situation but when I was
repainting my transom I wanted to remove the motor lift. It is just the old
manual lift. I removed all of the bolts but the bracket was stuck to the
transom so firmly I could not remove it without damaging the fiberglass. I
concluded that the bracket had been installed with a high adhesive sealant
like 5200. Removing 5200 generally requires either a grinder or dynamite and
neither alternative appealed to me. 

After a search for solutions on the internet I came across a product called
DeBond. You are instructed to score the edge of the joint, apply DeBond and
after a few minutes the joint can be separated without damage to the
fiberglass.

I bought the stuff and applied it to the join, waited a few minutes and
.....nothing. I repeated the process but the bracket would not budge. I
decided that the product was just hype and decided to somehow paint with the
bracket installed. As it turned out I got involved in other projects and let
the matter stall. Several months later I noticed that the bracket had fallen
off the transom under it own weight - which being cast aluminum wasn't much.
I have no idea how long it had been on the ground before I noticed.

The point of all this is to say that Debond works but might take a while and
you need to be very very patient. The second point is that because it worked
it seems likely that something like 5200 was used to affix the bracket.

That is my experience - for what it is worth.

Graham Stewart
Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
Kingston Ontario
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From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
Joe Dempsey
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 5:09 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Need some help fixing my stupidity

Rob,
Wish I could help. I was trying to figure out how the lift comes off because
we thought we had a leak coming from underneath the plywood reinforcement
inside the lazarette. Luckily, we found that water was leaking from the
rudder gudgeons making motor lift removal moot. Looks as though that its
simply held on by the bolts you've removed and any bedding/sealants used and
it may just be a matter of extra pressure to pry it away from the transom. A
call to Stan may be your best option before doing further damage.  If you do
get the lift removed, please post photos on The List. They will be a
tremendous addition to the Archive.  I believe that you just had one of
those unfortunate accidents, a blind spot, because as the saying goes "You
can't fix stupid!"  Good luck!



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Joe Dempsey
s/v Respite 
Rhodes 22 1989/2005
Deltaville,VA
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