First, agree with the suspicion that the bolts are carriage types.
Couple of off the wall ideas.
Above the deck - Place a couple pieces of 2x4 on edge on the deck either
side of the deck fitting. Lay a strong piece of angle iron across them
over the fitting. Hook a large C-clamp under the pin
The round headed bolts might be carriage bolts with a square shank that sits in
a square hole.
I would try a hydraulic jack or a screw jack, below deck and gently add
pressure on one bolt at a time, pressing it out.
I don't have your boat, so be very careful with my advice. Just offering ideas
That’s more or less correct. I don’t recall how it was secured into the
aluminum- I’ll be at the boat later today. As far as I could tell the deck
is solid glass in that area and as far as I remember the bolts were not
fastened to the plate. (Though my Memory isn’t what it was.).
Thanks, Dave and Doug. I'll go down to the boat tomorrow, and try wedging and
maybe hammering.
I've added a sketch of how I think this thing works: the rod below is headed
over like rod rigging, captured in the cabin fitting, and held to the deck
fitting with the 4 bolts. I think all the parts
On my 33-2 i was able to disasemble and rebed port side, but on starboard, the
bolts are welded in corrosion from the aluminium backing plate. I tried various
techniques ( with Dave advice) but gave up before i damage something.
Would have like to inspect, clean and rebed but with sealant added
The design on the 33-2 chainplates is pretty good- actually I haven’t seen
better - imho. I won’t try to describe it but you remove the bolts, the top
plate (and bottom if you wish) clean both up, (I polished mine, couldn’t help
myself) clean up the deck and rebed with butyl.
It was done
Looking at your pictures. I think you have corrosion between the bolts and
the aluminum backing plate. At least I'm guessing the backing plate is
aluminum. You might try penetrating oil for several days. Good luck.
Douglas Mountjoy
1988 LF 39
Mexico at large
1984 Sabre 34
Port Orchard, WA
On
I want to re-bed the chainplate covers on my C 33-2.
Please help me understand how they are fastened. I have undone the cabin-side
nuts on the 4 bolts, but they are resisting my efforts to withdraw the bolts
from the deck-side, where the bolts have round heads.
A socket wrench on the
