Slide bolt insert upgrade

TheWolfTC

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Jul 11, 2012
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2000 ~ 510 Sundancer
2024 ~ Highfield 360 Sport
Twin Axiom 12" MFD's
AIS 700
Engines
Twin Cat 3196's
I finally came up with the solution for the ugly plastic slide bolt receiver on my transom. It looks so much better than the plastic one. It was cut as an aluminum piece to replace it. Sometimes its the little things that make us happy!! :)

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Nice! Is this available commercially? Link or it never happened.
 
Nice! Is this available commercially? Link or it never happened.

It started with me asking a friend that owns a machine shop if you could do this for me. Unfortunately, he does not have a CNC lathe to simply program it, so he did it by hand.

But he is willing to make more as it will fill in time between projects. I currently have six other boaters that want to purchase this at $30 each... we are going to wait until the end of January then place an order with my buddy. If we can get 20 or 30 in one order we might be able to drop the price a couple bucks.

If interested send me a message and I will add you to the list that would like to order. I will follow up with you at the end of the month if that’s OK.

thanks
Bill
 
What is retaining it? Is it pressed in or are you using something like 4200?
 
What is retaining it? Is it pressed in or are you using something like 4200?

It’s a semi snug fit just like the plastic one was. My plastic one wasn’t held in with anything...just a little snug I guess.

That being said, I did add a dab of silicone sealant for the small lip when I re-installed it.
 
It started with me asking a friend that owns a machine shop if you could do this for me. Unfortunately, he does not have a CNC lathe to simply program it, so he did it by hand.

But he is willing to make more as it will fill in time between projects. I currently have six other boaters that want to purchase this at $30 each... we are going to wait until the end of January then place an order with my buddy. If we can get 20 or 30 in one order we might be able to drop the price a couple bucks.

If interested send me a message and I will add you to the list that would like to order. I will follow up with you at the end of the month if that’s OK.

thanks
Bill

Awesome. sent you a PM. Always great to have a friend with a machine shop!
 

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