Swim deck bracket on bot side

[cdelong01]

My swim deck brackets are worn out causing the deck to bounce around a lot in the water, causing an annoying thudding noise when floating around. I found some brackets on https://www.bakesonline.com/swim-step-bracket-2-boat-side-older-malibu-boats-ea.html

The only issue is mine are only 4-1/4” long hole to hole but the ones they show are 4-7/8” anyone else every replace these or have a way to fix the slop? 

 

[Eagleboy99]

Similar to mine - the solution is to drill for a second pin.  I have not done that  - yet.

[cdelong01]

Oh that would be a good idea! Thanks! 👍🏻

[daylorb]

Is the issue that the holes in the boat itself are worn/getting too large for the screws?  I had this issue on an 05 Enzo.  I filled them with epoxy and fiber, super easy, re-drilled, put in screws with sealant (5200 or 8200) and it was perfect again. 

 

[Eagleboy99]

It is (in my case) the wallowing out of the pin to mount, not the actual bracket mount to stern.

[minnmarker]

Not sure what your problem is.  Perhaps try this:

 

[Eagleboy99]

Different bracket.  That fix won't work.

[daylorb]

3 hours ago, Eagleboy99 said:

It is (in my case) the wallowing out of the pin to mount, not the actual bracket mount to stern.

Ah, different issue.  Bigger pin?  Drill it all out to a bigger size?  Drill out and put a through-bolt on it/not a pin?  You can then tighten down (although harder to take on/off... which seems like rarely happens...)

[Eagleboy99]

Yes - maybe a larger pin times two.