Transom Removal Question

[groundloop]

I've determined that the transom will need to come out of my '79 Eluder, and I want to do it with as little trauma to the boat as possible.

I spent the summer replacing the transom, stringer, and deck in my little fish-n-ski (yeah, I know - I gotta be crazy doing this twice in the same year). It was a total pain seperating the transom from the rear of the splashwell on that boat, partly because there was very limited access to the transom in that area. I wound up having to cut out a portion of fiberglass from on top of the transom and dig/beat out the filler which bonded the transom and splashwell together.

There's far better access from below in the Eluder, so hopefully I can avoid having to leave any scars. I'd appreciate any advice on tools and methods others have used to seperate the transom from splashwell on their 'mates.

thanks

 

[teamhart2]

I did it with a sawzall, running it through the bondo stuff, make sure you are confident in this tool and cutting with it so not to cut through anything you dont want too. Then I went in with a chisel and a hammer, kind of a pain in the ass, but not the worst

 

[SunTime]

You can see how I poppped my deck off my 185 Pulse here.

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15613&page=4

 

[Fastcheckmate175]

Hey GL... I used a sawsall and two flatbars! I just took my time and and as I cut I pryed a little at a time! I got my transom out in one piece!!!

 

[Will30]

Here is what happened to mine . The motor pushed thru the transom . I used a different product on mine than going back with wood . It only took me 3 days total (well took dad 3 days lol) That turned into his project. He dug out the wood on a wed filled it with sea cast on thursday and re gelled the transom the same day . Then friday the motor was hung back on and saturday I was out at the lake .

 

[ezflyer]

i used a roto hammer with a wide chisel and had transom seperated in less than two hrs. it was the ticket. also ran chisel along bottom of boat and took out wat was left of floor and stringers.