hello and thanks--with a transom ?--hehe!

[Jimmy Debary]

Ok-i got registerd...and no you guys didnt run me off!lol!---been looking at site and just wonder how many are active?see alot of pepes without any posts and from the 00' posts!-----------anyway my ? lies in a problem with the transom being rotten?--towed home from moms house in fla and noticed the bolts on motor lose well it was the board in the transom gave up on me!so i need to replace it.just wonder if its somin i can handle?i am an auto/diesel tech but i dont do much body work!gonna attack the issue this weekend!

also for your entertainment---mom had boat in fal!i live in NC--well in fla the boat is titled/in NC the trailer is titled!!!!SO i now have to post a bond on the trailer for 1 1/2 times the "value" to get title for trailer..and dont even have to title boat!!!!

 

[Mark Hofman]

JimmyD -



Changing out a rotten transom depends on how accessable the transom is.



I changed out the transom board on our Tracker Sportsman 16 jon boat, and it was a very simple job. I'm not even mechanically inclined, but got the job done to everyone's satisfaction.



The hardest part was making a replacement board and sealing it against moisture and water. Be sure to keep the original transom wood as intact as possible, because you'll need it to make a pattern for the replacement. For you, if you have to remove decking to access the transom, you'll be in for a bit more work.



I used 3/4" marine-grade plywood and placed two sheets back to back to make it the appropriate thickness of 1 1/2 inches for our boat (yours may require a different thickness). After a couple of test fittings, it went in slick as snot on a hot July sidewalk.



We did have to drill out a few rivets and replace them with stainless nuts, screws and bolts. The rivets held an aluminum support bracket in place. Once that bracket was out, and the through-bolts were removed, the old transom just fell into the bottom of the boat.

 

[Staci Matheis]

"Slick as snot on a hot July sidewalk"!

ROFLMAO!!