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Offline KnudorFnugelfufen

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A crack in my FX100!
« on: Dec 04, 2017, 03:10 AM »
Hi!

I´ve had a Shappell FX100 since november 2013 (VERY happy with thankyouverymuch) and last weekend i found out there´s a crack on the floor! About an inch roughly.

Sometimes, like past weekend, i found myself on ice with a little bit of water on it. Since the floor leaked, all the gear standing directly on the floor became wet...

Does anybody know how to fix that crack?

Sinc,
Dennis Berg
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #1 on: Dec 04, 2017, 07:56 AM »
The all important and useful - Shoe Goo.   Its not nice but it fixes everything including shoes. Geo.
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #2 on: Dec 04, 2017, 08:21 AM »
The very first thing you need to do is drill a small hole on each end of the crack!! That will stop it from getting bigger! Then a small fiberglass patch or even the Shoe Goo. The holes relieve the stress and spreads it out to stop it. Good luck!!!
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #3 on: Dec 04, 2017, 08:39 AM »
scuff it up and use jb weld plastic weld.its sticks to all kinds of plastic.i broke my transducer on my lowrance elite 3x and that was a hard plastic.fixed it solid..
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #5 on: Dec 04, 2017, 08:56 AM »
2 part epoxy with hundreds of 1 inch sections of light braided line. Poor man's fiber glass patch.
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #6 on: Dec 10, 2017, 08:24 PM »
I used jbweld and pushed fiberglass screen into it.  Inside and out, holding good.
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #7 on: Dec 15, 2017, 12:31 AM »
Fiddeled about with some plastic padding yesterday, i think it did the trick.

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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #8 on: Dec 18, 2017, 06:08 AM »
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #9 on: Dec 18, 2017, 08:22 AM »
If it is a wear out crack you may want to do something like Ice Hyfax Shelter Kit for yourself if you do not have them already.
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Re: A crack in my FX100!
« Reply #10 on: Dec 18, 2017, 09:44 AM »
anyone know what these sleds are made out o? HDPE? PS? I'm going to try to plastic weld a couple wearout cracks I have in my fish trap pro (and yes, I've now added hyfax runners).
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