First let me start off by saying Photobucket sucks, slow as heck and kept freezing up on me, oh well.
Started off with new pods, sanding them down and priming I decided I would paint before installing to make painting easier and then all I would need to do is touch up paint;
Pod is sanded washed and etched with Phos-Acid.
Primed;
After painting I cut the access holes;
Use rivets to help keep holes aligned while drilling;
Use straps to temporarily hold Pod in place;
Check and double check inside and out where interferences lie, like the builtup transom and such, fortunately the built up transom was about ¾” above the top of the Pod, the 2 philips screws (bolts) were used for a bottom bracket of the buildup;
I had pre-drilled the backing plates in pairs to make sure the holes would line up without any problems and numbered them to keep them together. Mark them well, inside outside and face to face. I also marked the pods to make sure I didn’t get them all mixed up. I used ¼” bolts even though the instructions called for 3/8” (way overkill) I drilled the pilot holes at 5/16” to give me a little leeway and then I went with a larger drill bit when I drilled through the transom, just in case I needed some wiggle room, good thing I did too. Used bolts to help hold plate on bottom in place since my clamp would not reach that low.
Fitted pod back onto the transom and marked holes for drilling, then drilled holes and reinstalled pods dry to verify all lines up with no issues;
Inside good;
Dry fit, yes I screwed up when drilling the backing plates and that is an extra hole I won’t use, oops;
Did not have time to take pictures of mixing up G-Flex epoxy and applying it and then installing pods and bolting them up. You need to make sure all your nuts and bolts and backing plates are all lined up and ready to go. I used 5200 on the backing plates and the epoxy to attach the pods to the boat. I also forgot to take a picture of the transom after I sanded all the paint off where the pods will mount. I only lightly sanded the inside of the transom where the inside bracket mounted though.
Pods attached;
Inside;
It was cold and glue was oozing so I used aluminum duct tape to keep it in place temporarily;
I am kind of glad I went with the epoxy instead of the 5200, the epoxy set up slow, probably due to the temperature but the 5200 started setting up while I was bolting it together, not a problem since I was only using it for the backing plates but if I had tried to use it on the large surface I think it would have been a little bit more trouble, get the slow setting stuff if you can and tape it, would be my recommendation.
Everything all set up, time to button it up;
Still need to finish up the painting and touch up I used epoxy to fill in the pop rivet holes too.
Started off with new pods, sanding them down and priming I decided I would paint before installing to make painting easier and then all I would need to do is touch up paint;
Pod is sanded washed and etched with Phos-Acid.
Primed;
After painting I cut the access holes;
Use rivets to help keep holes aligned while drilling;
Use straps to temporarily hold Pod in place;
Check and double check inside and out where interferences lie, like the builtup transom and such, fortunately the built up transom was about ¾” above the top of the Pod, the 2 philips screws (bolts) were used for a bottom bracket of the buildup;
I had pre-drilled the backing plates in pairs to make sure the holes would line up without any problems and numbered them to keep them together. Mark them well, inside outside and face to face. I also marked the pods to make sure I didn’t get them all mixed up. I used ¼” bolts even though the instructions called for 3/8” (way overkill) I drilled the pilot holes at 5/16” to give me a little leeway and then I went with a larger drill bit when I drilled through the transom, just in case I needed some wiggle room, good thing I did too. Used bolts to help hold plate on bottom in place since my clamp would not reach that low.
Fitted pod back onto the transom and marked holes for drilling, then drilled holes and reinstalled pods dry to verify all lines up with no issues;
Inside good;
Dry fit, yes I screwed up when drilling the backing plates and that is an extra hole I won’t use, oops;
Did not have time to take pictures of mixing up G-Flex epoxy and applying it and then installing pods and bolting them up. You need to make sure all your nuts and bolts and backing plates are all lined up and ready to go. I used 5200 on the backing plates and the epoxy to attach the pods to the boat. I also forgot to take a picture of the transom after I sanded all the paint off where the pods will mount. I only lightly sanded the inside of the transom where the inside bracket mounted though.
Pods attached;
Inside;
It was cold and glue was oozing so I used aluminum duct tape to keep it in place temporarily;
I am kind of glad I went with the epoxy instead of the 5200, the epoxy set up slow, probably due to the temperature but the 5200 started setting up while I was bolting it together, not a problem since I was only using it for the backing plates but if I had tried to use it on the large surface I think it would have been a little bit more trouble, get the slow setting stuff if you can and tape it, would be my recommendation.
Everything all set up, time to button it up;
Still need to finish up the painting and touch up I used epoxy to fill in the pop rivet holes too.