Keel bolts replacement

[sevket]

I have oceanis 350 ;keel bolts looks not good.I wanna chance them.I am not sure I can do this myself without drop keel.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3Zf5zvgDFtUflNQelBwMU5SQWNGeFN5cTJXQXJkZFkxTGI0RjhiZVhqQXJZOUtrUDNJOFE#
Any advice...

[Skip Ryan]

I had an Oceanis 390 with keel bolts in similar condition.  I pondered replacing them.

I contacted Beneteau.  They have a paper about these type keel bolts and how to replace them.  Get a copy from Beneteau.  It would be a difficult and expensive job.

After consulting with several marine experts, I reached a conclusion to not replace.  Net, if they don't leak and the keel is secure in the boat, don't do anything.  I kept them clean and painted to inhibit further deterioration.

It does not look like there are any leaks around your keel bolts.  If there is no water intrusion, I wouldn't do a thing.  They may look bad, but they are doing their job.

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[sevket]

Thank you for your advice.You are right there is no leak.Seawater don't get in to bilge from bolts hole.
I asked local dealer of beneteau in Turkey about replacement procedure document but they didn't give back answer.(I live Antalya/TURKEY)
Asked beneteau usa they said local dealer can help :( I couldn't have replacement procedure yet.

I spoke some marina expert they said bolts must be chance with drop keel and cost is about 2500euro.

[Skip Ryan]

I believe the document's name is "Replacing Rusty\ed Keelboats" that was e-mailed from BeneteauUSA customer service.  Basically, for keel bolts in that condition, it called to stabilize the keel, drill out the old keel bolts, lift the boat off the keel, rebed keel/hull, install new bolts.  Again, my advice:  if it's not leaking, don't do it.

[Jonathan Rarity]

Interesting they say remove the keel! I've just replaced the keel bolts on my 1985 First 345.

There's a full thread on it here

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?435336-1980-s-Beneteau-Keel-bolts-does-this-sound-right

Basically remove on bolt at a time with an impact wrench, clean up & insert new bolt then torque up. Beneteau say it can even be done in the water.

Took me about 6 hours all in but not a difficult job and a huge piece of mind. New ones from Beneteau are stainless steel.

Old bolts looked worse than they were ...almost pristine when removed. The washers will corrode before the bolts do.

jr

[brccd]

Hi jonathan..dont know if you are still watching this thread..i have a 1985 first 345 also...looking at replacing keel bolts. Go them cleaned to get socket over. Rady with an impact wrench. These look original. I plan to do this in May, short haul to also do the bottom. Question...what did you torque them to? 100ft lbs, 120,.150?

[Şevket Adem ÖZTÜRK]

Hi I am not Jonathan but I have same problem my boat is beneteau oceanis 350 I am preparing to bolt replasment.I faund chart at internet that beneteau send somebody.I hope it will help to you.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3Zf5zvgDFtUflNQelBwMU5SQWNGeFN5cTJXQXJkZFkxTGI0RjhiZVhqQXJZOUtrUDNJOFE?usp=sharing

Best Regard from Antalya

2017-02-24 0:44 GMT+03:00 brccd <dece...@gmail.com>:

Hi jonathan..dont know if you are still watching this thread..i have a 1985 first 345 also...looking at replacing keel bolts. Go them cleaned to get socket over. Rady with an impact wrench. These look original. I plan to do this in May, short haul to also do the bottom. Question...what did you torque them to? 100ft lbs, 120,.150?

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[Jonathan Rarity]

Hi Guys, yup i am still subscribed to the YBW thread.

I've posted on there too for you. My replacements were M20 A4-70 Stainless steel. The range is 116-231ft lb

I set mine to 200ft lb's

jonathan

[brccd]

Thanks to all for the info!
Bert

[brccd]

hi Antalya,

Just an FYI, if you go onto ybw.com, in the forums, I had a series of questions and pictures I took about my boat and keel bolts, and got a lot of feedback on this subject. You may want to check that out.

The link to that forum thread is:  http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?435336-1980-s-Beneteau-Keel-bolts-does-this-sound-right

I am "brccd" in the threads!

Hope this helps.
Bert

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 12:53:12 AM UTC-5, sevket wrote:

Hi I am not Jonathan but I have same problem my boat is beneteau oceanis 350 I am preparing to bolt replasment.I faund chart at internet that beneteau send somebody.I hope it will help to you.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3Zf5zvgDFtUflNQelBwMU5SQWNGeFN5cTJXQXJkZFkxTGI0RjhiZVhqQXJZOUtrUDNJOFE?usp=sharing

Best Regard from Antalya

2017-02-24 0:44 GMT+03:00 brccd <dece...@gmail.com>:

Hi jonathan..dont know if you are still watching this thread..i have a 1985 first 345 also...looking at replacing keel bolts. Go them cleaned to get socket over. Rady with an impact wrench. These look original. I plan to do this in May, short haul to also do the bottom. Question...what did you torque them to? 100ft lbs, 120,.150?

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[mgeiger72]

Hi -  

I'm new here, with a new-to-me 1986 First 305. FWIW - I just had my keel bolts replaced yesterday with parts ordered from Beneteau USA. Some bolt heads were downright scary, but threads were good as so many posts around the'net state. This job got done with the boat in the water, and some help from an impact wrench and a breaker bar. Everything was anti-seized, torqued to spec and I'll re-torque after a few months.

Now on to less scary things like sorting non-working navigation lights, and getting the stereo working. This place looks to be a great resource - so thank you!

Matt

[dece...@gmail.com]

Hi matt,

Did you do the work yourself on the keel bolts? Looking to do mine in May...cleaned them up...hoping i Iave no issues. Did u have the 8.8 bolts from beneteau? What did you torque them too finally?

Bert

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[mgeiger72]

I did order the bolts from Ward at Beneteau. After inspecting the bolts - I decided not do the work myself. Took my guy about 5 hours. Torqued to 160#.

[Skip Ryan]

Beneteau has a .pdf on keel bolt replacement.

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[mgeiger72]

Attaching the PDF provided by Ward Richardson. to this messge. 

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