Winterization Troubles

[Bozboat]

Truly, a heroic effort.  Nothing wrong with declaring victory after all that.

[justgary]

@mexicoke- Great work.  I thought that stuff only happened to me.  I would have never tried an "easy out" because they always break and then I have to deal with hardened steel in the hole.  I like your solution, and even though I would still be stooped over chiseling out remnants of the old plug, I approve completely.

[Steve B.]

Wow. Great job. You went at it methodically and succeeded. Looks like it will be fine from here on out.

Steve B.

[shawndoggy]

I've been through that on a bicycle frame, cutting out a seized bottom bracket cup.  once I cut a couple of "pie slices" out of the siezed cup, it came out real easy.  

But as with Gary, I too approve of declaring victory in this case.

[Eagleboy99]

20 minutes ago, shawndoggy said:

I've been through that on a bicycle frame, cutting out a seized bottom bracket cup

How'd you manage to have that happen?  In all my years, I've never had a seized bracket.

[mexicoke]

52 minutes ago, justgary said:

@mexicoke- Great work.  I thought that stuff only happened to me.  I would have never tried an "easy out" because they always break and then I have to deal with hardened steel in the hole.  I like your solution, and even though I would still be stooped over chiseling out remnants of the old plug, I approve completely.

I honestly hate extractors for that exact reason. I have a case half full of broken ones. But this Walton was incredible, it's obviously a very specialized tool, but I would absolutely buy more of their tools. 

I'd still be cutting away at it too if the boat was in my garage/driveway at home. But when I have to drive an hour each way, I'd rather just call it a day. 

I should have just drilled and tapped the damn thing to start with. It seems like everytime I break a bolt off, in the end I always say "I should have just drilled and tapped it to start." Maybe one day I'll learn. 

[shawndoggy]

1 hour ago, Eagleboy99 said:

How'd you manage to have that happen?  In all my years, I've never had a seized bracket.

haha by buying a used frame with a BB already conveniently installed.  It was a great deal and a cool frame, but the prior owner apparently hadn't heard of anti seize.