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Transome making a cracking sound on occasion, why?
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny" data-source="post: 393339" data-attributes="member: 13599"><p>first of all, how OLD is the transom ? any idea ?</p><p>PHOTOS of your rig can help us help you.</p><p></p><p>since you have a small motor, and most likely a tiller steer,</p><p>I would remove the motor and try to take "tissue samples"</p><p>of any existing holes you have in the transom. As well as the</p><p>ends if you can get to them ok. Plus the pressure test.</p><p>Take a screwdriver and poke around on all the wood you can get to.</p><p></p><p>If any of this wood looks like dry rot or not sound, time to replace.</p><p>If the transom appears to be sound, you may have some metal fatigue</p><p>somewhere in the hull is flexing under stress of the high speed.</p><p></p><p>you are correct to be concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny, post: 393339, member: 13599"] first of all, how OLD is the transom ? any idea ? PHOTOS of your rig can help us help you. since you have a small motor, and most likely a tiller steer, I would remove the motor and try to take "tissue samples" of any existing holes you have in the transom. As well as the ends if you can get to them ok. Plus the pressure test. Take a screwdriver and poke around on all the wood you can get to. If any of this wood looks like dry rot or not sound, time to replace. If the transom appears to be sound, you may have some metal fatigue somewhere in the hull is flexing under stress of the high speed. you are correct to be concerned. [/QUOTE]
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