Posted By: safisher
Replacing battery trays in my center console - 07/10/09 02:41 PM
My boat has a pair of battery trays in the center console to hold the two deep-cycle trolling motor batteries. I took the old batteries out awhile back, and noticed that the screws holding the trays in are nothing but clumps of rust.
This weekend, I plan to remove the trays and replace the screws.
I hope they don't have a bolt on the underside, as I'm not sure how the heck I could get that far under the deck to deal with those.
My plan is to drill out the existing rust lumps that used to be screws with a very small drill bit, then remove and replace the battery trays. I suspect these screws WERE stainless, but the acid from the batteries and air inside the center console got to them.
Anyone have a recommendation of better materials to use when replacing these? Is there anything better than stainless steel screws that I could use? I'd like to avoid this corrosion issue in the future.
This weekend, I plan to remove the trays and replace the screws.
I hope they don't have a bolt on the underside, as I'm not sure how the heck I could get that far under the deck to deal with those.
My plan is to drill out the existing rust lumps that used to be screws with a very small drill bit, then remove and replace the battery trays. I suspect these screws WERE stainless, but the acid from the batteries and air inside the center console got to them.
Anyone have a recommendation of better materials to use when replacing these? Is there anything better than stainless steel screws that I could use? I'd like to avoid this corrosion issue in the future.