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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Voyager[/i] [br]Of late, I’m noticing that my jib sheet car track along the deck-hull joint is leaking when it rains. The track is an anodized aluminum track that’s mounted using maybe 30 screws that are screwed into the deck-hull joint. Rather than just pulling out my screwdriver and removing all the screws Willy-nilly, I thought that I’d ask here whether anyone has done this before, and what to expect? It’s possible that the screws are actually bolts that have freely spinning nuts hidden in the recesses of the outer hull, or, they could be some kind of captive, or embedded nuts. Or they could be wood-screws (I doubt it), since fiberglass doesn’t take too kindly to wood-screws. I assume that once I remove screws, I can pick up the the track. Then, I assume that I could just scrape away the old bedding, clean the surfaces with acetone, then reapply some polysulfide or butyl tape, and screw it back into place. Anybody done that before? Any tips are greatly appreciated! [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.