Recent content by jbyrd

randmhall, what was the material of your deck, Fiberglass or wood? Although the ideal option would be to get the existing screw out, I fought with that screw for 4 hours BEFORE I decided to cut the head off it. I used an impact driver, a reverse drill bit, screw extractor, etc. Then after I...

Thanks Lazy Daze, I tried an easy out, could not bite into the SS bolt, so I purchased Milwaukee cobalt drill bits and tried again to drill a hole into the center of the bolt using a slow spin with a cordless drill, ng, wont bite. worked on it for 20 minutes. The deck and boat is in very good...

Thanks for responding Lazy Daze, the pic is the passenger side, the issue is on the helm side. The screw works fine on the passenger side. The helm side screw was cut flush off the deck so I could remove the old pedestal. if its a "NUT" then Im SOL because the screw cut flush to the deck is 2...

THIS is a Brilliant solution! Thank you very much randmhall ! Did you used them on all six mounting holes? I should probably use 6... to add some info there are multiple sizes available for anyone else with a similar issue. - https://www.ezlok.com/alloy/Steel-~-Stainless/style/Knife-Thread

Hi All, Im hoping I can find an answer to my new found delema. I'm replacing the pedestals on my 2000 210 sundeck to an exact match Garalick adjustable height unit. When removing the existing Starboard/helm pedestal the front bow facing screw would NOT come out. I tried everything, ng, so I cut...

Event though this is an old post it most certainly answered my questions. Great info and great pix! This will be a great project...

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