Freestyle Fixed! my leaky Gen3 b.o.b PT2

[Quinc]

Holy crap putting on a solid piece of glass is a huge pain the arse! I ended up having to roll it and un roll it as I went from back to front, and use a razor in a few spots to get rid of air pockets where the glass would bunch up. Just have the sides and under the tray to do next!

 

[joecef]

Ain't no water coming in this thing no mo

 

[Quinc]

Making a template. Tin foil and paper towels.


All about those solid full length sheets.


#embracingtheitch!
#itchy
#omgthisrashishorrible

 

[Quinc]

#high on epoxy

 

[Harbor]

^^^^ pass it, no bogarting lol... Looking good man, like whole sheet too

 

[Quinc]

Injected the bondline where it meets the firewall with a syringe this morning and then put two layers of 12oz over it.

Move the ski this evening to put some more glass on it and noticed a decent amount of resin on the ground under neath it...
Pro Tip: If squirting resin inside the bond line, tape up the outside of the bond line first... Going to Inject the bond line from the outside next.

Inside of the tray:
Firewall - Filled in all of the gaps with WC 404 filler/epoxy mix followed by 2 layers of 12oz along the

Cracks and leaks - 4 layers of 12oz and 1 layer of 4oz s-glass. Last layer of 12oz covers the entire side of the ski.

Rest of the tray is a mix of 1-3 layers of 4oz and/or 6oz depending on if I think the area might be prone to leaking.

Would there be any value in painting on a thin final coat of epoxy after the glass is dry to make sure no water is going to leak/weep in?

Bit a panic when you see this under your ski and know that you haven't spilled any.

 

[Quinc]

Injected 80mL of epoxy mixed with 3m Microspheres into the outside of the bondline and not even close to having it full. I think it is all going into the voids in the top deck. Mixing it thick enough that it takes pushing the plunger with both hands to get it out of the needle.

I might switch over to filling it with silicone and topping it off with a layer of 5200.

 

[motoman3000]

After all this , will u ever go down that same road?

After my current project which is far from the itchiness your enduring I couldn't get paid enough!! G/l

 

[Quinc]

After all this , will u ever go down that same road?

After my current project which is far from the itchiness your enduring I couldn't get paid enough!! G/l

Other then the hours spent sanding in the beginning it hasn't been to bad. Much more work ended up having to be done then what I was expecting though.

 

[hink320]

You should get some empty caulking tubes, thicken the epoxy to peanut butter like consistency and then inject it. Would be way easier than trying to use that tiny syringe.

 

[Quinc]

That would have been a great idea!^^^

I ended up drilling out the syringe wider and using a plastic tube. Mixed the microspheres to a runny cool whip like consistency and filled her up. Went fairly quick.

 

[tnt01]

Nice work!!Quinc,dose all off the gen3 end up like your or was it one off there budget hulls?

Just wondering

 

[Quinc]

Nice work!!Quinc,dose all off the gen3 end up like your or was it one off there budget hulls?

Just wondering

This is the only Bob I have experience with so couldn't tell you. I would like to hope it was a one off.

 

[yamanube]

Nice work!!Quinc,dose all off the gen3 end up like your or was it one off there budget hulls?

Just wondering

Being that it's a carbon fiber hull, I would imagine it was a top of the line Gen3, not a budget hull.

 

[Midlake Crisis]

I hate seeing this. I love the ride of the G3, this kind of thing should not happen.
On the bright side you will have composite skills and a great ride when it is all done!

 

[Quinc]

Put in some more work on her yesterday. Still need to decide what to do with the bottom though...

 

[Quinc]

Measure twice cut twice.. lines are ran and 5200 is drying.. except the scupper. The HD one way valve weighs a ton so I ended up not using it and my pvc was 1/2" short...

1/2 pvc for the steering tube
3/8 pvc for the trim tube
3/8 stainless for cooling
2" pvc for the scupper tube
2" for the exhaust and ditched the bling that goes around the exhaust tube and hung it out the back a couple inches. This gave me room to run a drain plug. Hopefully I never need it, but better to have it and not...

Drilled all the holes a hair small and sanded them so everything is tight. Then put a generous amount of 5200 around everything.

 

[orangefinger]

Major progress, great detailed write up.

Throw in a third cooling line if the tray is still open, u never know what u might need it for...

Hope to see u on the water soon.

PS parts delivered for ZXi ok ?

 

[Quinc]

Major progress, great detailed write up.

Throw in a third cooling line if the tray is still open, u never know what u might need it for...

Hope to see u on the water soon.

PS parts delivered for ZXi ok ?

So close to being done! Might even be ready by the 4th. Havent seen @chucktor or @squirtis701 yet, too busy being good parents or something.. haha

 

[orangefinger]

yeah, they are busy bee's , we might considering riding in there hood for the 4th , extended camping riding trip 6/ 23-30 at CFW prior to that