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| Author: | pdcjohnson [ Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
My boat was porpoising bad, so bad I thought the trolling motor was going to bounce off the front. So I read a thread about welding a bead on the transom so I wanted to test it before I went welding for no reason so this is what I did. I've used this stuff in the past so I knew it was strong, its called JB Steelstik its a 2 part puddy that bonds to aluminum dam good. First sand paint off 4 " in from outside of back edge of transom about 8" wide with course sand paper. Then clean with acetone let dry, I ran a propane torch over is to make sure it was totally dry and warm. Then mix the puddy, do only a quarter of the stick at a time, its grey with a black center mix it till its all black. Then roll it in your hands to the desired (I started at about 3/8) bead and stick it to the boat making sure to work in the edges and in 1 hour is hard.. went and ran it and no more porpoising.... I put mine on a little heavy so tomorrow I'm going to shave it down a bit and test again but I tell ya if you have a porpoising problem give this a try first... |
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| Author: | Bigrich [ Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
I know u can lay a bead of silicon on bottom all way across and take like 6" off a side until u get what u need, when u go to far then u know to add the 6" back mark it then weld a bead |
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| Author: | KingKey [ Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
Awesome idea, nice to be able to test that before you put the fire to it! |
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| Author: | med [ Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
Worked on my gd but it can come off so check it everynow and then. It wrks |
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| Author: | bayouboy [ Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
Wright minds think alike, I used sea repair on my wedges. Lasted for a really long time, over a year. |
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| Author: | med [ Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
I need to get some of that material and get some proper ones made |
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| Author: | banded-mallard [ Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
Looks like cut down angle |
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| Author: | JIMMY W [ Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
All yall doing is causing drag with that ***** mess! You can't shift some weight around to help with it? |
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| Author: | bayouboy [ Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Porpoising weld bead test with no welding!!! |
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