[Rhodes22-list] Sealant

[cowie]

Thanks for the article.  My new R22 has a slight rain leak on the port side
where the hand rail connects thru the cabin top.  The following is what stan
told me that might be helpful to you.


> the real way to really solve a rain leak (notice we cleverly omit rain 
> leaks
> form the guarantees) is to back off on the nuts and remove (or in this 
> case
> raise) the hardware part and put sealant around the fastener -But then 
> only
> lightly set it back in place until the sealant gels to from a gasket.
> Otherwise you re-tighten and just squeeze out the sealant.   This way you 
> do
> not do a finally tightening until the sealant has set to form a gasket.
> Keep us posted.



Baywind wrote:
> 
> Great article by Don Casey:
>  http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/35.htm Link 
> 
> 

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