My brother and I have an '04 198, and an '05 206, the rear pedestal seat sticks in the deck on both. Any solutions to this problem?
My brother and I have an '04 198, and an '05 206, the rear pedestal seat sticks in the deck on both. Any solutions to this problem?
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I never use my seats....but when I have to put them in I lube them up with vasoline...my boat is a 2001 and the seats will never stick....worth a try.
never had mine stick on my '06 but im like Brett i hardly ever use mine.....you might try Silicone Spray too and spray it down in the seat hole in the deck
I had the same problem with my 99 - 186...I actually had to use a pipe wrench & BFH to get them out.....I then used a drum sander in my power drill and opened the hole up a little.....worked perfect.....
Dan
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Dan
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I did the same thing with a Dremel sander and problem solved...
The best thing to use on seat posts is Dielectric Silicone Compound. It's made by ANCOR and you can pick up a 1/3 oz. tube at West Marine for about $7. It is impervious to water, will not melt or evaporate like Vaseline. It will not stain your carpet like Vaseline or other lubricants because it's not a petroleum product. It can also be used on all of your boats electrical connections to inhibit corrosion. Because the melting temp is so high, you can use it to lubricate the plug wire boots so they don't stick to the ceramic insulator of the spark plug. Give it a try,,,,you will be amazed!
UberChamp
My 98 186 is the same way. My cousin had the same problem on his 202. He did the sanding trick with a piece of sandpaper in the pedestal hole. He said it worked pretty good.
Did the same with my old ranger (can I say ranger on here?).
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Of course you can....since you have come to the good side....
"ex-r boat" also works...
I never take mine out I guess I don't have to worry about the front one hitting me in the head at 60 mph. Try water and a pipe wrench with rubber wraped around the pedstill. Then open the hole a little.
Hi Bobby with Grammer Marine. I had the same problem with my 181 DO NOT enlarge the hole in the boat, just take a file and cut around the bottom of the pole. Then smooth it out with 80 grit sandpaper to 200 grit. If you buy a new pole it could be to loose
Bobby McDonald
what Rackman said... works good last long time... also try trimming the carpet away alittle with an Exacto knife or a razor blade.
Not to worry, Bobby. Many folks used a sandpaper flap wheel...not to "open up the base", but just to keep the pedestal from binding. The difference is infinitesimal.
Lea, I hate to tell you this but Bobby is right. Even if you only lightly remove some of the material(2-5%), it could introduce stress cracks to the walls of the hub base, eventually causing failure and necessitating a replacement. The quality control and stress testing methods used by foreign manufactures sometimes do not measure up to the quality that would normally be expected of an American manufactured product. If you have to use an abrasive to clean up the material, I would only recommend using a Scotch Bright pad, hand applied only! The key is light lubrication and regular maintenance so everything WORKS AS DESIGNED, NOT AS ALTERED!
UberChamp
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Sorry...not buying it!......I could not get my seats out from the day I took her off the showroom floor (along with TONS of other people).....No lubrication in the world was going to help mine as the hole was simply TOO SMALL.....I mean your probably talking about opening the hole up a 1/64 of an inch or less....that aint gonna hurt nothing.....that was also the recommended fix from Champ themselves when I inquired back in the day!
Dan
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Sorry...not buying it!......I could not get my seats out from the day I took her off the showroom floor (along with TONS of other people).....No lubrication in the world was going to help mine as the hole was simply TOO SMALL.....I mean your probably talking about opening the hole up a 1/64 of an inch or less....that aint gonna hurt nothing....
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You can lubricate that pedestal all day every day & it aint gonna do nothing but make a mess, been there done that. Bottom line is it was a piss poor design at the time. The only way that booger is coming out of that base is sand hole out, or strap / pipe wrench it out everytime.
You are right! The lubrication creates suction. They have to be wrenched out and then the pedestal bottom or the inside of the base needs some "slimming down", but just a very very small amt. Not measurable, actually...
I didn't sand the hole instead I did the pedestal on my 206 and 186 also ,works great. Small problem<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EagleUSMCRet »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what Rackman said... works good last long time... also try trimming the carpet away alittle with an Exacto knife or a razor blade.
IBEW
My boat is 3 weeks old and I had the same problem. I just put a touch of white litihum grease on the bottom of the pedstal and some on the inside. They are no problem now. I had the same trouble when I had the r-brand boat years ago. I really hate these type of pedstals.
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