[Rhodes22-list] trailer repairs

[Dennis McNeely]

Bill,

Try double nutting the carriage bolt (put two more nuts behind the nut
holding the bunk). Torque the two nuts together, then grab the inner one
with a wrench and tighten the nut holding the bunk. If you don't have enough
length to your carriage bolt to add two more nuts, hunt around for
half-height nuts to make it work. Once it's tight, you can remove the double
nuts.

Good luck -

Dennis
s/v Magic Moments


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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Pauer
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:31 PM
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] trailer repairs

I just replaced the bunks on my trailer two weeks ago.  I did not try to
bend the boards, and one thing that did give me troubles was tightening
down the carriage bolts.  The boards and the brackets are not in the same
plan until the boat is sitting on the trailer.  I thought I had them as
tight as they would got (the heads will want to
spin) but once I put the boat back on the railer one bolt was not completely
tight.  With the boat and new carpet back on the bunk, the carriage bolt
started to spin and I don't have a good way to tighten at this point.  If I
had to do it again I might try to bend the bunks in some to help with
getting the nuts as tight as possible.
Good Luck,
Bill

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