need help mounting Tite Lok 6" track

[Moose1am]

Use a big washer if you can. It will help spread the load out and work better.

They make some nuts that have nylon inside the nut. They will lock onto the bolt when you screw them on. You can get them off but they will not come loose easily when your boat vibrates while going down the lake. Either that or use a lock washer in combination with the larger flat washer. I would recommend using a Flat washer about the size of a nickle or larger Quarter if you can find them. You may need someone to help you if you do this as somoene will have to be on the boat deck holding the bolt head with a screwdriver while you tighten the nuts on the bolts underneath the decking.

Just make sure that you have the setup where you want it to be before you go drilling too many holes in the deck. Think about where you wan't things to be and how you will move when you are fishing and catch a fish. Don't want to be banging your knee caps on any rod holders when you get up to get a new minnow or take a fish off the hook and throw them into the live well.

ok i checked and i can get to the underside of the deck..if i decide to drill all the way and bolt it on, should i be thinking about big washers or some sort of plate to go underneath?

not real handy here, so specifics of hardware would be great..i saw earlier someone post OD bolts, which i dont know what that is.

also is there a type of bolt that will fill the hole on this thing, and still allow the t-bar to slide into the track?..once again thx for any help

oh, and sadley, no i did not make it to the lake this weekend..my autopilot is in the shop for the 8th day

[Foxy Jig]

from looking under the deck just now..i see kind of a spray on foam type substance..thicker in some places than others..maybe 2-4 inches of it where i want to mount..is this normal?

[Foxy Jig]

anybody dealt with this foam type substance before?

[Moose1am]

First and best advice is to call the boat manufacture and ask them about this project. They know the boat best. This is the best advice I can give to you right now.


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Well since no one is answering I will take a GUESS. I would guess that it's a spray on floatation type foam that is glued to the bottom of your fiberglass deck. You said it's about 2" thick. Might need a longer bolt to go all the way though the foam unless you cut out the foam so that you can see the bottom of your decking. If you still plan on using bolts and washers then you may have to remove about a 1" diameter circle of that foam where the bolt comes thought the decking. A small amount of foam can be removed without effecting the purpose of that foam. An exacto knife or even a circle cutter could be used to remove the 2" thick x 1" diameter piece of foam. Do this for each hole where the bolt comes though the decking. Then you can snug the washer and nuts right up against the fiberglass decking.

Or as an alternative to this you could maybe make a piece of metal about the same size as the Tite Loc thing that you are installing. Some aluminum that is about 1/4" thick and with the same lengh and width as the titelok thing. Drill holes in this piece that match the holes in the tike lok thing. This new piece could then be place on the foam and then the washers and nuts could be put on the end of the bolt after they pass though the titeloc thing the fibergalss decking and the foam and then though the new piece. If you are using about 3 or 4 bolts to hold the titelok thing on your boat that may be enough bolts to pull the new piece of metal up against the bottom of the foam. This may work and then you would not have to cut the foam. It would depends on how compressable the foam is. If it's compressable you may not be able to get the titelok thing mounted tight enough.
They make an expandable foam that comes in a compressed air can. You spray this on or in something as a liquid under pressure and when the liquid is exposed to the air it expanded and hardens. This mayb be what they sprayed on your boat under the decking.

anybody dealt with this foam type substance before?