My Vision X worked flawlessly. For the money they were GREAT
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My Vision X worked flawlessly. For the money they were GREAT
I'm going to give the split washer a try next weekend. Found one side of the platform floating in the water after a surf session. The factory pin somehow had fallen out. Good thing the other bracket didn't break! Finished the weekend with a receiver hitch pin in its place, along with some composite shims to stop the movement. The shims worked great, but we need to remove the platform for storage, so I couldn't pound them in and snap off.
I wonder if JB-Weld added to the top back of the platform bracket would hold up?
I remove mine every time I get home or it won't fit in the garage. How far do you trailer? One thing I have found that helps a lot is to take a ratchet strap and hook it through the platform brackets and down around the trailer frame B4 any long tow. I tow 40 min. each way at fairly high speed. That is a lot of slop and bounce on your little pins in the platform. By cinching it down tight I remove tons of play and bounce during my tow. I still have original pins and holes and have never used shims. There is a little play but I haven't had to fill and redrill or anything yet.
I have to remove my swim deck each time to fit in the garage. I just cut the shims off so they just stick up an couple of inches above the swim deck. I put the swim deck on, tap the shims into place and leave then in until we get home. Usually i can wiggle them back out with my fingers or sometimes if they are really tight i use a pair of pliers and pull them out. I just reuse the same shims. Works great for me.
I just bought a package of them from Home Depot. They are black and I'm pretty sure they are plastic. They were only a few bucks for a pack of 12 I think.
I used a SS fender washer, put a bend in it on one side so it would not fall all the way down and was able to grab hold of it with pliers to wiggle out.
I used the washer trick. I tied some 1/8" rope through the center of the washers and tied the other end to the pin on the swim platform, so if they came out they'd be tethered. I now have about a hundred little nicks in the bottom of my swim platform and on my gelcoat under the platform from a time where they came out and were dangling on the tether marking and chipping up anything they could hit as the bounced along the water. :-(
I wish I would have went with the shims. or even just bought a lot of washers (untethered) so that if they came out they just sink instead of becoming a flail to mark up my gelcoat.
I've been using the composite shims - sort of a dark green color. They have been holding up fine for me. Last year, they eventually wiggled loose, this spring I tapped 'em in pretty tight and they snapped below the deck surface... I'm just a little worried about getting them out but that's what November is for!
I too have been using the composite shims. Tapped mine in with a hammer and Robertson screwdriver. Haven't even moved the last 2 years. Home Depot has them in the toilets isle.
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