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MAKING A NEW JON BOAT SUPPORT RIB HELP?
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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 289169" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>Take that rib out, and install a new one using the same holes. I don't think you're done having problems with that one. </p><p></p><p>A <em>decent</em> aluminum fabrication shop with a brake should be able to bend you a new hat section that matches the profile of the old one. If you do the removal and installation of the new one (which is where a good portion of time is), and give them the old rib to copy, it shouldn't be much to make a new one. </p><p></p><p>Then, hold it in place, and drill up from the outside of the hull (so you use the existing holes in the boat), then bolt or rivet the new one into place. </p><p></p><p>Granted, this <em>isn't</em> the redneck fix, so it's not going to be a dirt cheap fix, but it will fix it for good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 289169, member: 55"] Take that rib out, and install a new one using the same holes. I don't think you're done having problems with that one. A [i]decent[/i] aluminum fabrication shop with a brake should be able to bend you a new hat section that matches the profile of the old one. If you do the removal and installation of the new one (which is where a good portion of time is), and give them the old rib to copy, it shouldn't be much to make a new one. Then, hold it in place, and drill up from the outside of the hull (so you use the existing holes in the boat), then bolt or rivet the new one into place. Granted, this [i]isn't[/i] the redneck fix, so it's not going to be a dirt cheap fix, but it will fix it for good. [/QUOTE]
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