Footstrap pulled out of board - solutions?

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shear tip
shear tip
NSW
1125 posts
NSW, 1125 posts
24 May 2009 9:01am
So, in yesterday's fun and frivolity, I pulled a footstrap out of my board. Totally stripped the thread in the plug insert. Are there any proven solutions?
Araldite?
Masonry plugs?
Alfredo
Alfredo
NSW
78 posts
NSW, 78 posts
24 May 2009 9:48am
try plastibond - fill the holes then re-drill with a small hole and put screw back in.

Araldite can work but can be a bit brittle...

Only other option is sticky tape and uhu glue!
WindWarrior
WindWarrior
NSW
1019 posts
NSW, 1019 posts
24 May 2009 11:16am
boardlady.com/extrainserts1.htm
hoop
hoop
1979 posts
1979 posts
24 May 2009 9:32am
Get a bigger screw.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
24 May 2009 10:21am
Nothing like resins etc will bond well enough.

Temporary measure if nobody near you sells stainless screws: bung a couple of match sticks in the hole and screw back in. Will be tight enough.

Then as hoop said, get a screw one gauge bigger. Aways worth having a couple in your box of bits and tools anyway then it is a quick fix on the beach and you're away sailing again
shear tip
shear tip
NSW
1125 posts
NSW, 1125 posts
24 May 2009 5:54pm
Hmm, thanks guys.

Great find Dave! I'll chase that one up, but it sounds like the Loc-tite solution is for metal -> metal threads. My inserts are plastic. Failing that, I'll give the bigger screw a go. In the meantime, I've just moved my strap to the back setting.

All I have to do now is find a new boom.

edit: just re-read the starboard site
really does permanently restore the threads in stripped out plastic inserts, such as the footstrap insert threads
FormulaNova
FormulaNova
WA
15100 posts
WA, 15100 posts
24 May 2009 8:11pm
Just don't do what I did and try to do too many at one time. I started filling some of the holes and moving onto others.

By the time I got to some of the screws the glue had set... Careful use of a drill solved that problem, but I think it would be smarter to do one hole at a time and put the screw in straight away.
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