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Craftsmen's Corner / Gear tracks with butyl tape
« on: June 27, 2020, 05:05:48 PM »
Aloha,
It only took a year and a half to get to the install, but it’s done and I’m pretty happy with the results.
I took tips on spacing from a brother on NWKA, and decided on two 8” gear tracks, with the main considerations being I needed fore and aft tracks to hold rod holders, and it had been a year and a half of not having time to do it, so I better do it while I had an hour of free time during my kids nap.
Step by step, here is what I did. Using the GT90 geartrac with the backing plate and instead of marine goop I opted for butyl tape
1. Looked at where to place for about a year and a half
2. After deciding where to place tracks, I taped them down.
3. Using a 3/16 bit, drilled one end hole then placed a screw in, then drilled a hole on the opposite side, placed a screw in, then drilled the other three holes
4. Used the blue tape that was holding the track in place to tape down the screws in place, cut a piece of butyl tape the same length of the track, then lined it up to cover the holes evenly
5. Placed track over tape, then pushed screws through tape into holes
6. Trickiest part, getting the backing plate threaded. Pretty much just held on to the plate as much as possible while rotating the screw at the same time and somehow got lucky getting it to go
7. Screwed the rest in and sat back and enjoyed
It only took a year and a half to get to the install, but it’s done and I’m pretty happy with the results.
I took tips on spacing from a brother on NWKA, and decided on two 8” gear tracks, with the main considerations being I needed fore and aft tracks to hold rod holders, and it had been a year and a half of not having time to do it, so I better do it while I had an hour of free time during my kids nap.
Step by step, here is what I did. Using the GT90 geartrac with the backing plate and instead of marine goop I opted for butyl tape
1. Looked at where to place for about a year and a half
2. After deciding where to place tracks, I taped them down.
3. Using a 3/16 bit, drilled one end hole then placed a screw in, then drilled a hole on the opposite side, placed a screw in, then drilled the other three holes
4. Used the blue tape that was holding the track in place to tape down the screws in place, cut a piece of butyl tape the same length of the track, then lined it up to cover the holes evenly
5. Placed track over tape, then pushed screws through tape into holes
6. Trickiest part, getting the backing plate threaded. Pretty much just held on to the plate as much as possible while rotating the screw at the same time and somehow got lucky getting it to go
7. Screwed the rest in and sat back and enjoyed
