Taff Rail Hinge Repair

lakeguy72 · Post by **lakeguy72** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:42 pm

Has anybody tried to repair wobbly taff rail hinges? I was thinking of boring out the holes and using a larger roll pin. The trick is to make the center hole not too big or it will be wobbly again. My F32 has three gates and new hardware is expensive. This is my 29th season with this boat.
Thanks

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:35 pm

Drop them off at a machine shop. They can make them perfect again if possible, very inexpensive. I just had 4 truck door hinges repined that are from 1933 for 60$. New hinges were 400$ and had to be drilled anyway. I saved 340$ IMO

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:54 pm

lakeguy72 wrote:Has anybody tried to repair wobbly taff rail hinges? I was thinking of boring out the holes and using a larger roll pin. The trick is to make the center hole not too big or it will be wobbly again. My F32 has three gates and new hardware is expensive. This is my 29th season with this boat.
Thanks

did i read that right? 29 fantastic seasons with your f-32? MAZEL TOV!!
agree w/ jeff. a machine shop should be able to take care of that for you.

lakeguy72 · Post by **lakeguy72** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:58 pm

Aaron you did read it correct--29th season. My wife picked a good one.
I got one of the rollpins out and reduced the OD of a new pin in the section where the center section rides and it is much better with minimum wobble.

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