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Originally Posted by Sunbeam lodge
Well, after two hours with my feet up in the air and the boat rocking and rolling the waves and my head in the bilge I was able to get the starter top bolt in and then got the bottom bolt that was bent in the hole. But lo and behold what else could go wrong. The bolt snapped off.
Fortunately the bolt broke leaving a half dozen threads so that I may be able to get a new bolt and stack a few washers on it to get it tight.
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Sunbeam, replace both, or any combination of starter mounting bolts with [ Grade 8 ]. Make sure that the one bolt being threaded into the half dozen threads facilitates a secure starter mounting. 'If so', pick up a small tube of locktight Blue, apply it to the new bolts, as this will keep them from backing out and seal them from rust or corrosion. [ Incuding salt water applications ].
This is the heart of the boating season, today being July 4th, and we want to see more folks out there on the Lake enjoying such.
Hope this helps.
Terry
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