Question for BCB on Rub Rail

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September 4, 2012 at 3:01 pm #438890

jmoore50
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Noticed my passenger side rub rail is coming loose on my 2006 Pantera IV.How do you go about tighting these up?

September 4, 2012 at 3:02 pm #438891

billius
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Is it the rub rail, or is it the insert? If its the insert, you can just push it back into the slot.

September 4, 2012 at 3:11 pm #438892

Bass Cat Boats
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Not the insert its good. The rail is loose. You can see portion s of the screw threads .

September 4, 2012 at 4:22 pm #438893

Bass Cat Boats
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This should not have screws that can pull out from BCB. We do not use screws in the process, though do use rivets with long shanks and a bolt every couple of feet, machine screw and nylock nut. It would appear somehow a screw has been replacing a rivet that was loosened from impact to the rub rail and side of the hull if you have those.

September 4, 2012 at 5:08 pm #438894

jmoore50
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I will take a look at it again this evening. It may be the ribbet Im seeing.Boat was brand new when I bought it so no one has touched the rub rail though I have had some good impacts from side waves when running across lake Ontario and Champlain.

September 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm #438895

jmoore50
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Sorry out of office yesterday… I did take another look at rub rail and it is the ribbets that are coming loose. Rub rail will pull out away from boat abot 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch away from side enough so you can see a portion of the ribbets.Not planning on doing anything to correct before the end of this season, unless really necessary.

September 7, 2012 at 10:14 am #438896

Sheff
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Its an easy fix, if you have a rivet puller/squeezer, drill, and a punch. Call BCB and they can send you the proper rivets (this is a must!). Pull the rub rail insert out in the area of the loose rivet. Drill off the HEAD OF THE RIVET ONLY!(use a drill bit very slightly larger than the rivet shaft diameter and drill lightly they are aluminum) You will probably need to hold the shaft of the rivet between the rubrail and hull with small needle nose pliers to keep the rivet from spinning while drilling. Then using a punch, with a smaller diameter than the rivet shaft, lightly tap it through and it will fall into the hull. Make sure you have the proper rivet puller/squeezer, I prefer pnuematic. Put silicone in rivet hole and insert rivet and squeeze/pull it with the gun while pressing firmly. The stem of the rivet will “pop”(hence the term pop rivet) out and set the rivet in place. Move to the next. Pop the rubrail in and youre done. Sounds like alot but each rivet only takes two minutes. If you are not comfortable doing it, any aircraft (me) or sheet metal mechanic should be able to knock it out, quickly. If you were near South Florida Id fix you up free of charge, I even have some left over rivets from my 2005 Puma. Visiting Okeechobee soon?? JayLaw is in Jersey (he likes it there!!) and can do it as well.Hope this helps!!

September 7, 2012 at 11:10 am #438897

Bass Cat Boats
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Thanks Sheff

September 7, 2012 at 12:29 pm #438898

Bass Cat Boats
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Sometimes, if the rivets are pulled out, you can pull the rivets out by grasping The heads and you would not have to drill them all out. Itis a cleaner removal if they are loose. They get loose usually fom compressing the rivet base as the head is slowly pulled out by whatever forces caused the loosening of the rub rail. The furthest rivets from the loose area will have to be drilled carefully in most cases.

September 7, 2012 at 7:08 pm #438899

rydogggg
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Same thing happend to mine Last week called basscat and they sent me some rivets, best customer service around
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