CliffA
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- Dec 29, 2009
- 4,712
- Boat Info
- 2001 Sea Ray 340DA
Name: 'Happy Place'
4.5kW West. Generator
Purchased Nov. 2014
Fresh Water Use
- Engines
- Twin Merc. 6.2L (MPI)
640 hp (Total)
Raw Water Cooled
V-Drive Transmissions
OK, so I just had another one of my 'harebrained' ideas.....I have four 10" fenders for my boat....2 of which are leaking air.....they are not Taylormade so there is no life time warranty.......even though they are not name brand they are still pretty expensive.....
I have been thinking of a way to repair the leaking fenders and have done a lot of reading on the net....seems like there is no real good way to repair them....conventional patches will not stick to the vinyl wall of the fender...neither will any of the 'stop leak' type of products....
I was thinking why not use an inner tube inside the fender?.....I could get a small yard tractor inner tube from Tractor Supply for around $8....I could make a small slit in the fender and stuff the inner tube inside....I could drill a hole in the top of the fender for the inner tube air valve stem to stick through.....then I could inflate the inner tube as needed....the inner tube would assume the shape of the fender as it is inflated....
so shoot some holes in this idea before I waste my time and money trying it...
it is not really a matter of cheaping out and not buying new fenders...it just seems like all fenders will eventually lose their air and will need to be replaced or possibly repaired....if this works it would be a low cost solution....
cliff
I have been thinking of a way to repair the leaking fenders and have done a lot of reading on the net....seems like there is no real good way to repair them....conventional patches will not stick to the vinyl wall of the fender...neither will any of the 'stop leak' type of products....
I was thinking why not use an inner tube inside the fender?.....I could get a small yard tractor inner tube from Tractor Supply for around $8....I could make a small slit in the fender and stuff the inner tube inside....I could drill a hole in the top of the fender for the inner tube air valve stem to stick through.....then I could inflate the inner tube as needed....the inner tube would assume the shape of the fender as it is inflated....
so shoot some holes in this idea before I waste my time and money trying it...
it is not really a matter of cheaping out and not buying new fenders...it just seems like all fenders will eventually lose their air and will need to be replaced or possibly repaired....if this works it would be a low cost solution....
cliff
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