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Popped screws in deck
I have to screw my deck down cause some of the screws do not tighten cause the holes stripped what I would like to know did anyone ever use well nuts to fix this problem? I know about epoxying plastic squares under but I have a bunch of well nuts and I think it would be easier but I don't know if they would hold up
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01-26-2016, 01:56 AM
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They're an expanding plug. You can look at them in this link.
http://www.stanleyengineeredfastenin...readed-inserts
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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01-26-2016, 04:17 PM
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If they aren't stainless or brass, don't use them.
try Fasco stainless togglers if you can drill thru... What deck screws down? Do you mean the fuel tank hatch?
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01-26-2016, 10:11 PM
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It is the fuel tank cover/panel
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01-26-2016, 10:13 PM
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The well nuts look like they are brass threads the screw I would get s.s.
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01-27-2016, 01:42 AM
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Thanks Destroyer - they seem similar in principal to some concrete anchors we use but I've never come across them. Learn something most days.
I'd be concerned about corrosion too but don't have any experience with them. I have a bunch of stripped screws in my hatch cover. I'd thought about those sheet metal nut things that are/were used in automotive applications (they slip over the edge) if I could get them in stainless. My other idea is an epoxy repair that adds thickness under the fairly thin stripped out flange. I thought about using wide masking tape to create kind of a bag to hold the epoxy in place until it set and allow a thickness of 1/2" to 3/4""- maybe use Marine Tex. What do you guys think of that?
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01-27-2016, 01:59 AM
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I used thicken epoxy. Easiest stuff to use comes in a caulking tube with a mixing tip. West system and Jamestown makes them.
Great videos and question and answer blog at Jamestown Dist. http://www.jamestowndistributors.com...t.do?pid=64347
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