Reply To: Transom clamp

[billw]

I think the thread file is the way to go, but it’s a little tedious. I have tried both a female thread chaser and a real die, ($$$$) to try to speed up the process. Both of them had a strong tendency to want to cross-thread, rather than find their way on to the existing, damaged thread. One thing I have been doing lately, with tight or frozen clamp screws, is to drill out the retaining pin for the handle, so I can use an adjustable wrench on the screw part. After the screw part is free, I have been putting the handle back on with a staked piece of 3/16″ aluminum rod stock, which is basically what OMC did in the first place.

Long live American manufacturing!