One fellow I know. He's got a couple pounds of the heaviest
grease I've ever seen. Says he got it from a Erie Canal Lock
repair guy, if I remember right. Anyhow, it's designed to
paint on with a brush, and stay under water for decades.
Some stuff like that could help. Injected into the holes.

Axle grease for boat axles could do the job. From your
nearby marina. You can get a 14 ounce pound can for seven
bucks or so. Stop at the grocery store, pick up a 13 ounce
pound of coffee, a 40 pack of Tampax that contains 32, and a
20 pounder of propane that has 15 pounds in it.

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"CaveLamb" wrote in message
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I snapped a stanchion bolt the other day!
1/4" stainless steel machine screw actually.

Starboard stanchion by the cockpit. Forward inboard bolt.
The stanchions get abused sometimes, people grabbing them or
the lifelines
while docking. This one was leaning forward an inch off of
vertical, but seemed
sturdy enough.

I had the lifelines loose and was pulling on it (aft) - not
all that hard!
to straighten it up - And something went POP! Pretty loud
too

Inspecting it, it was pretty obvious what had happened, so I
dug the bolt out and replaced it.

This bolt (machine screw actually) had some serious
corrosion issues.
(See the attached photos)

There is quite a bit of old damage on the mating surfaces.
That's the dull gray part.
And quite a bit of sealant over the old damage!

The bright metal tab seems to be the place where it broke.
There was NOT A LOT of metal there!

I have recently learned that there is an aluminum plate
buried in the
deck lay-up where the stanchions are attached.

What say ye? Was this 20 years of dissimilar metal
corrosion?
(4 photos)
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri26/bolt.htm

As soon as possible, ALL of the stanchions are going to be
pulled and
re-bedded.

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Richard Lamb
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