davisr
Member III
Does anyone have cleats that look like these? I pulled these off today. It was impossible to turn the screw heads, so I went down below. In the chain locker, I was easily able to remove the nuts. Went back on deck. Still impossible to get any movement from the screws. Went down below. Tapped the screws with a hammer and they easily moved upward. Went back on deck. Easily pulled the cleat-screw assembly from the deck. It appears that the screws were installed with some sort of adhesive, perhaps at the Ericson yard.
Has anyone experienced the same sort of issues? What's puzzling is that the cleats appear to be aluminum and the screws appear to be stainless steel. Seems that in 37 years there would be some corrosion going on inside the cleats.
Thanks for any tips,
Roscoe
Has anyone experienced the same sort of issues? What's puzzling is that the cleats appear to be aluminum and the screws appear to be stainless steel. Seems that in 37 years there would be some corrosion going on inside the cleats.
Thanks for any tips,
Roscoe