wedge bolts came out

[arsenuts411]

I notice while lifting the wedge up today that the screws that hold it to the 2 steel pieces that move the wedge up and down. The is a manual wedge by the way. Also one of those steel pieces are bent. Do you think that I can bend the piece back in straight and put the 2 missing screws back in? I am not sure how important it is to have that piece perfectly straight.

[arsenuts411]

So i pulled the boat of the water and the 2 bolts sheared off and the strut that was attached to the wedge was bent. I took the wedge completely off and the 2 struts are still attached to the wedge frame. I tried to use an easy out and broke the easy out. I was wondering if I can buy just the 2 struts and also was wondering if this may be covered under warranty? Not sure is I should try the easy out again the bolts that sheared off seem to be in there pretty good. any advice would help.

[arsenuts411]

Should be finding out today if this is covered under warranty I am keeping my fingers crossed.

[UteBu]

Technically you are out of warranty, but Malibu may still cover it. The same thing happened to mine earlier this summer and I contacted Malibu and they agreed to cover it as long as the warranty was transfered to my name. They didn't have parts at the time so I had to wait 6 weeks but the wedge just came back in the mail yesterday. The new foil has 3 screws per arm (total of 6).

[UteBu]

And if you aren't able to get it under warranty, and / or don't want to try to repair it yourself; you can try to get a replacement...

See this thread

Good luck and let us know what you end up doing.