[C320-list] Pedestal water leak

[tharrison at innovations-plus.com]

Just went to look at the protect. The cover in the aft cabin is just a few screws to take out. One looks stripped as I can turn it with my fingers.

Now the question is! How do you get a wrench on the bolt? The bolt seems to sit down in the white base of the pedestal. Does the white base just lift up over the bolts? 

Ted hull 424 

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> On Jun 25, 2015, at 12:16 PM, "Jeff Hare" <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> 
> Simple first pass thing to do is use some "Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack
> Cure" around the bolt heads.  
> 
> Second thing to do if that fails, is remove the cover in the aft cabin.
> It'll probably be obvious which bolt(s) are leaking. Remove the nut and take
> the bolt out.  Don't do more than one at a time because the steering cables
> are under tension.  Wrap a rope of butyl tape around the bolt right below
> the bolt head and put the bolt back in place.  Have someone hold a wrench on
> the bolt head so it doesn't turn and tighten the nut from below.  This
> should seal the bolt.
> 
> See this page for help on butyl tape:
> http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/rebedding_hardware
> 
> I purchased butyl tape from him, it's great stuff.
> 
> -Jeff Hare
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 11:49 AM
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> Subject: [C320-list] Pedestal water leak
> 
> It appears that water is leaking down the bolts that hold the steering
> pedestal in place.
> 
> Any suggestion? 
> 
> Ted hull 424 
> 
> 
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