I have to repair the center hinge on our size 70 "ocean" Lewmar. This is the forward hatch that I replaced right after we bought our boat, 1n 1995. No problems until about a month ago until both large rivets that hold the hinge base to the frame/flange broke. After 20 years, it's a wee bit late to complain about Lewmar's QC.
I called Lewmar today and Josh, in their technical dept, tells me that I might need to remove that hatch to get at the hinge base and insert two new 5/16" rivets. That's one honkin' large sized rivet.
As an alternative (and I get the feeling that this was not the first or only time this question has come up....) he suggested driving an ss screw thru the frame holes, with a washer to hold the hinge base in place, into the structure beyond.
I our case this should work. On our particular boat the back (hidden side) of the hatch flange spigot is an inch of oak, bedded in epoxy.
I am posting up this little problem mostly out of curiosity, in case anyone else has had this problem, and found a simple solution.
FWIW: Note that the older "roll stop" Lewmar hatch hinges are not related to this particular problem.
Loren
I called Lewmar today and Josh, in their technical dept, tells me that I might need to remove that hatch to get at the hinge base and insert two new 5/16" rivets. That's one honkin' large sized rivet.
As an alternative (and I get the feeling that this was not the first or only time this question has come up....) he suggested driving an ss screw thru the frame holes, with a washer to hold the hinge base in place, into the structure beyond.
I our case this should work. On our particular boat the back (hidden side) of the hatch flange spigot is an inch of oak, bedded in epoxy.
I am posting up this little problem mostly out of curiosity, in case anyone else has had this problem, and found a simple solution.
FWIW: Note that the older "roll stop" Lewmar hatch hinges are not related to this particular problem.
Loren
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