Repairing Broken SS Screws in Cabin Sle

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rk6johnson

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Oct 30, 2011
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Catalina 309 Fort Myers
I recently began repairing the broken SS screws in my Catalina 350. We got saltwater on the sole a few years ago due to a "drip less shaft seal". After some time, some of the screws looked corroded. The heads started to pop off with no way to reach the screw. When I tried to remove other screws. Several more broke off below the surface.


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The solution I found is a hollow wood screw extractor
http://www.woodcraft.com/category/6/1001086/2000983/Screw%20Extractors.aspx
Using a drill in reverse, you bore out the wood and screw to 1/4" then plug with a glued in 1/4" dowel, then re-drill and install the new screws. Careful, hollow extractor can fracture if you aren't careful.


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markwesti

markwesti

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Jun 24, 2014
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Westsail 28 72 Long Beach , California
Nice job , thanks for the tip . Are you still using the drip-less ? I'm scared of those things .
 
caguy

caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
4,004
Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
Thanks for the tip. Ditto on the nice repair.
BTW the link to Woodcraft is broken. Hopefully this one will work.
http://www.woodcraft.com/search2/search.aspx?query=screw extractor
I really like their website. They have over 1000 instructional videos on YouTube.

I was impressed with the Grabit commercial so I bought a set a while back and it looks like a quality product. It will also work on broken screws, though in your case probably not.

 
Meriachee

Meriachee

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Aug 1, 2011
3,972
Catalina 270 255 Wabamun. Welcome to the marina
markwesti said:
Nice job , thanks for the tip . Are you still using the drip-less ? I'm scared of those things .
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That's open ended fear mongering. If you aren't comfortable with a product, vote with your wallet.
 
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