Repairing the Transom on a Bass Tracker --Tracker Restoration

[@KoShuFW]

Good job. Nice to see new gen not afraid to work 👌

[@deschutesdegenerates5260]

Nice job man I’ll definitely be coming back to this video when I do mine here soon

[@hillbillytarzan]

I have to say you did an excellent job young man. I’m planning to rebuild the transom on my ‘89 Bass Tracker TXS and I hope it goes as half as good as you made it look. I’ve got more confidence after watching this Thank you for making this video. I think I’m gonna go with a composite transom, but then again, I may just do it exactly the way you did yours with the wood. You’ve got me thinking about restructuring the front and back decks too lol. This is why I love these old Bass Tracker aluminum boats. You can rebuild them the way you want them and they’re just about like new. That is if you don’t have any damage to the aluminum hull, and that’s not beyond repairing either.

[@Joecms]

Hillbillytarzan. Did you replace your transom?

[@keithphillips1234]

You did an amazing job!! Now I have to do mine😫

[@joepingel3735]

You should use a face shield man. Aluminum gunks up cutting disks as well and they can explode. Safety first haha

[@rolfbach2721]

It is aswume seeing someone so young doing such a great job. Keep it up. !! That being said you used ply wood that is made for subflooring in a house instead of marine grade ply wich is much better quality. But the resin shold help. Aswume vid.

[@wg7644]

Looks like you did a great job - mfg did poor engineering to make it that difficult to access and replace wood transom.

[@jefferyjordan1710]

How thick is the transom wood? Will need to to this to my Pro17 also

[@kongmengchang6883]

What year is the boat?

[@jonathanmedal6800]

What size plywood did you use

[@Flipzco]

Mine is starting to give my issues but Im contemplating this rebuild or selling the boat. would you suggest cutting out the cap or cutting the transom from the back and having re-welded. Scared the hull will warp or shift

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

Flipzco The way I did it it seemed to be ok. i did put a couple supports in to make sure it didn’t shift/warp

[@trinellfalls3189]

did you use the big rivits in the back or did you put screws in

[@Dirty830Outdoors]

Derek, where did you fin the rivets for the transom. I cant seem to find aluminum rivets with the right length and correct size head.

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

I get all my rivets and aluminum from tbnation.net

[@danielvelasquez8484]

Mr Derek , how is the transom holding out, looking at buying a 1993 bass tracker

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

This boat is sold but I can’t see it failing anytime soon. Only way to make it last forever is to go all aluminum

[@davidhagquist5599]

Love the vid, I'm restoring a tournament to at the moment, do you happen to know what brand or type of paint was used on the hull in your project? Thank you in advance

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

PPG DTM in white

[@jakegustafson8197]

How much did it cost to get it welded?

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

Family Friend but it shouldn’t cost too much

[@davehaag8175]

Just did mine...dont know why you cut alone the top cap on transom...cut corners and drill out rivets on bottum of transom then rivet that back when done

[@realchillclint]

You got any pictures of how you did it I’m doing the same thing very soon. Just curious

[@Dirty830Outdoors]

How did you weld it back with the wood new transom in there? Did the weld burn the new wood you put in there?

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

So I was actually warned about this and how the wood could possibly burn. I sealed it as you saw in the video with a couple coats of epoxy. I had a family friend do the welds and i checked the wood to see if it was good when I got it back and it was. No burns and it’s held up perfectly.

[@Dirty830Outdoors]

@@DerekRodriguezFish that transom is a bitch. I cannot believe that’s how they design those. Mine was hell getting it off and taking out the transom. Did you have a difficult time lining the holes back up when you put it back on?

[@CierraTheCreator]

What size rivets did you back into the back transom?

[@CierraTheCreator]

I think I need 2in and 3/16 in diameter solid rivets for mine and cannot find them anywhere

[@tfrantastic]

How did you determine that the transom was rotten?

[@DerekRodriguezFish]

Didn’t think it was as bad as it was but since I was doing the whole thing I wanted to make sure it was all good