Transom Job

[SUSHII]

Getting my transom done in my 91 20XRD and just wanted to share a few of the pics with y'all. I'll post some pics of the finished product when I it gets finished

[Hydrilla Gear]

DAMMIT SUSHII You gunna give ol Lou a dam heart attack!!


Hey Lou,, FLASHBACKS!!!!!

Love ya

[Largemouthlou]

Yeah, flash backs for sure!!!!!!!!!! Dammmmm, I just caughed up some fiberglass as I was typin

That was one dam hard job seperating the live wells from the stringers!!!!!

Ohhh shoot you took a short cut and cut around everything!!!!!!

[SUSHII]

I took an even bigger shortcut. I took it to someone who knows what the hell they are doing

[marty92xrd]

Man, I sure hate to see people not take care of boats. Good job Sushi (and LOU!!) on correcting someone elses mistakes. That boat your doing Sushi is a good un!!!! Almost the same colors as my old sled.

[deerhunter229]

Yeah been there done that on my 20CC. Could shot the guy I got it off of. Hope yours turns out as well as mine did. You will definitely have a lot more respect for it after this. A little prevention goes a long way!

[55excl]

What is wrong with your transom? What can I do to prevent this? Enrico

[marty92xrd]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by 55excl &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">What is wrong with your transom? What can I do to prevent this? Enrico</td></tr></table>

The main thing is taking care of the boat. Keep it out of the weather, make sure the jackplate bolts are sealed good, dont leave the drain plug in it, etc. If there has ever been any holes drilled in the wood it needs to be resealed. Bullet takes great care of making sure the all the wood is sealed so water cant get to it. Its not their fault when someone starts cutting on a boat and breaks that seal. The only ones I have ever seen that had a problem, are ones that were not taken care of.

[bullet boater]

is the transom sealed from every thing else? the reason i am asking is because my boat is getting a little soft inside the compartment behind the drivers seat but the transom and floor and everything else is as solid as a rock. oh by the way its a 91 17v.

[SUSHII]

The transom in this one is shot because just as Marty said. Neglect. The previous owner had put a transducer on the transom and I never thought to check and see if he used a sealant on the screws until one day I took it off and water came out. If I had to guess I would say it was there ten years. Lesson learned.

I don't see a reason for ever putting anything but jackplate bolts through a transom and will never have another with any other holes in the transom