Has anyone else had the problem of the swim pltform having much play up and down?? I looked how it is made and the design seems to well "suck". The grooves on the brackets are worn and there are only 2 pins that hold it together. Any suggestions..
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Welcome to site.
What boat do you have?
It sounds like you have a quick release swim step. Is it a teak or fiberglass?
How about a picture of your setup? That will help the most.Mike Allen, Tigé owner since 1997 -
The platform on some models that I have seen do rattle a lot. I think tigeblue has filled the gaps with silicon to stop it from rattling. My platform does rattle on the RZ2 but I haven't had time to fix/play with it while the 24Ve never rattled.Comment
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Mine just started to rattle. I may try a little larger bolt.Comment
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I have a 2002 Tige 21V riders edition. My platform is Teak. It is a Quick release. I got very frustrated with the vibration. Bigger pins will not solve the problem. However I did something that has woked okay for a few days now. THere is quite a bit of aluminum in the bracket that is thru bolted to the boat. So I drilleg a 1/4 in deep hole in the aluminum only, not the HULL. I tapped and helicoiled it. I then matched up the holes in the bracket to the platform brackets and drilled a slightly larger hole. I never seized three stainless steel bolts and lockwashers and bolted in it the the bracket. 3 bolts total + the 2 pins. ROCK SOLID now. THe question is will it last? It took me about three hours with the boat out of the water.Comment
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The silicon trick works pretty well.Cursed by a fortune cookie: "Your principles mean more to you than any money or success."Comment
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One of the brackets broke, the step torqued, and bent the other bracket. The swimstep fell off. Its a 2003, teak. Anyone know how to replace or retrofit the bracket. My dealer doesn't know if i can replace the bracket.Comment
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Unknown.........Maybe a good machine shop can fabricate something out of an aluminum block??????"I feel sorry for people that don't drink, when they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're gonna feel all day" - Frank SinatraComment
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"a what? i can['t] say/spell/pronounce that word..." - wannabewakeboarder
"the plural of boo is booze."Comment
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mine doesnt rattle but it does flex a fair bit.
looking at the mounting tho, you would need a tremendous amount of force to pull it from the hull.Comment
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