[Rhodes22-list] Attaching the centerboard housing cap

[Steven Alm]

Graham, thanks for the tip but the holes in my gasket are just snug enough
so that I have to screw the bolts in. They won't just push through, so I
don't think I could get them in from below. If I thought I'd be doing this
much more I'd drill out the gasket holes a bit and then I could use
your method for sure. It certainly is a challenge to get the washer on and
then thread the nut on, especially on the ones at the back. And I'm using
nylock nuts so you can only finger-tighten them a few turns. Then I get a
box wrench on the nut below and use the ratchet on top. I haven't tried the
drill torque clutch because some of them require more torque because of
some of the gasket holes being so tight that it messes with the needed
torque — and I want to be careful not to over tighten them so I baby each
one carefully by hand. Definitely not something I want to do every day!!

Slim
Fandango

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 3:23 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Here is a simple suggestion that makes installing the housing cap bolts
> easier.
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> After installing the cap repeatedly, I found that if I used hex head bolts
> and inserted them from below with the nuts on the top I could hold the
> head easily with a box head wrench and then use an electric drill with a
> torque adjustment to install the nuts. The torque adjustment can be set to
> the level you need and then will tighten all of the nuts evenly and in
> seconds. I would NOT use an impact driver as that might tighten the nuts
> too much. Installing the bolts upside down was much easier than trying to
> reach under the flange to thread the nuts on and then having very limited
> room for the wrench to swing. Repeating that process 55 times can be a tad
> frustrating to say the least. Just make sure that the bolts are not so long
> that they hit the underside of the floor boards.
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
> Of Steven Alm
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 3:52 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zebra Mussel Mitigation
>
> The last time I had the board out 7 or 8 years ago to change out the
> control line I did it with the mast down and couldn't fit the settee board
> out the companionway. It made for some pretty cramped quarters to do the
> work with it in the cabin. So this time I raised the mast and was able to
> get everything out of my way to do this job which is already quite a bear.
> without having all that stuff in the way. And yes, I could have wrestled
> the board out myself without all that rigmarole and put up with a sore back
> or been simpler to get a buddy to help but I like dreaming up ways to do
> things "the easy way" even though the setup takes longer than anything.
> Lol! By the way, the first time I did this I found the 60 or so fasteners
> around the cap were Phillips head and I must have cursed Stan's name a
> thousand times struggling to get those off. Of course I changed them out to
> hex head and even though it's still a pretty tedious job, I'm happy as can
> be to use a socket wrench this time.
>
> Slim
> Fandango
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> On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 1:09 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
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> > I think mine weighs 80 lbs so it is a struggle to lift and carry off the
> > boat. I have never removed the centerboard when the mast was up. Neat
> > design.
> >
> > Graham Stewart
> > Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> > Kingston Ontario
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of
> > Lowe, Rob
> > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 12:06 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zebra Mussel Mitigation
> >
> > Slim,
> > Pretty interesting.  First time I can think of someone setting up a rig
> for
> > removing the centerboard.  How much does that thing weigh?  I wasn't sure
> > if
> > you could man handle it or not.  I hope your solution to the zebra
> mussels
> > works.  I'm thankful we don't have to deal with them (yet) where we sail.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> > Steven
> > Alm
> > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2022 2:35 PM
> > To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Zebra Mussel Mitigation
> >
> > I keep my boat on Lake Pepin which is actually The Mississippi River.
> > Unfortunately it's become infested with zebra mussels in a big way. They
> > got
> > up inside the centerboard trunk and jammed up the board so bad it would
> > hardly move up and down. At one point mid-season last year I hauled it
> out
> > on the marina's big travel lift and power sprayed up in the trunk as best
> > we
> > could and it was better for a while. I can't keep doing that though so I
> > took the board out and painted it with anti-fouling ablative bottom
> paint,
> > counting on the fact that they can't attach to the paint. I was mostly
> > unable to prep /sand the inside of the trunk to my satisfation but I did
> > get
> > three coats of paint down there with the weenie roller on a stick.
> > The fun part was the trolly I fabricated to hook the block and tackle to,
> > hoisted the board up and rolled it across the boom and out to the cockpit
> > for prep and paint. Then hoisted it back up, rolled it back in and
> lowered
> > it into place. (see pictures) I'm counting on the bottom paint to solve
> the
> > problem. I truly hope not to be doing this again!!
> >
> > Slim
> > Fandango
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