Swim Platform Bracket Repair, 2007 Wakesetter 247

[Ballnconly]

Hey all!  So on my second day out on the lake this year, while getting out of the water onto the swim platform I heard a pop from the platform, after further inspection I found that the RT bracket had broken at the weld and then looking at the other side it had a crack developing at the same point as the RT side.  Today I pulled the boat to the shop to fix it and reinforce it so it wont happen again and decided to share it!

 

Here is the RT bracket that broke all the way

 

Here is the crack that was starting on the LT bracket, I know its hard to see but you should all take a peak at your platform brackets for this, if they would have both broke it would have been real bad!

 

At first I was just going to weld the cracks up and hope for the best but that quickly changed to reinforcing them so it wont happen again, I made the reinforcements out of 1/8 inch aluminum that I had laying around.

 

I assumed (dumb) that the brackets where 90 degrees but I was wrong

 

 

Marked and trimmed them down to fit, much better

 

Busted out the TIG welder and got them welded into place, I'm a little rusty so don't judge

 

And welded up the broken RT bracket

 

Put on a fresh coat of paint and reinstalled the brackets

 

Swim platform back on and ready for the lake!!!

[Itchijohnson]

Had the same issue on mine two years back, and did the same with new support brackets and welds. no issues so far

[TimbrSS]

Nice repair. I went with the newer stainless setup when the aluminum stuff wore out. Mine had so much play that the swim platform would move up and down 4".  But my brackets had deformed, and holes for retaining pins were wore out.

[Ballnconly]

7 hours ago, TimbrSS said:

Nice repair. I went with the newer stainless setup when the aluminum stuff wore out. Mine had so much play that the swim platform would move up and down 4".  But my brackets had deformed, and holes for retaining pins were wore out.

Thanks!  Where did you get the stainless ones from?  Direct from Malibu?

[BlackBluMalibu]

Great work, and documenting with pics. A true TMC tribute! 

[Ballnconly]

4 hours ago, BlackBluMalibu said:

Great work, and documenting with pics. A true TMC tribute! 

Thank you!

[TimbrSS]

5 hours ago, Ballnconly said:

Thanks!  Where did you get the stainless ones from?  Direct from Malibu?

Bakes online. It's about $500 for all the part.