Looking for the old style transom eye, stern eye, lift ring, transom hook or whatever else people call them for my 1999 Gulfstream. Only need 1 but will buy a pair if I have to.
WTB: Old Style Transom Eye
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The old style transom eyes had 2 thru bolts. The new style Grady uses has 3 thru bolts
Is this what you’re looking for? If so, send an email address or PM me and you give we your shipping address.
Do you have the 2 flat pieces that sandwich the translm in
thats it. Please let me know if you find the second flat piece.
It looks like Lewis has you covered - along with a nicer-than-original homemade backer plate. But if you end up still needing something, these are NOT a Grady thing - they are a dime-a-dozen piece available anywhere. It's called a "bow eye".
I know they are a third party part, but I’d like to find a match. I haven’t found a replacement that matches the factory Grady one. Most have an adjustable nut on the outside.
Ah, gotcha. You want to match that "shoulder".
While you have it out... how's the transom core in that area?
Oh, good!
Suggestion... use a pipe cleaner and saturate the core with epoxy or poly - keep going till it no longer absorbs in. Ideally, drill the hole out about a 3/8" oversize, fill with epoxy/poly, then re-drill. But the pipe cleaner method is a pretty good option.
I sold the boat and bought a 225 back in 2013. Back when the Gulfstream was about 10 years old, after lifting it by bow and stern eyes, I noticed the stern eyes had both pulled out about 1/4" on each side. That prompted me to remove them, fill the holes with resin, redrill the holes and make larger backing plates on backside of the transom. I later determined transom was soft and had it totally rebuilt and used the newer heavy duty 3 bolt lifting eyes, thus the old u bolts left in my garage junk box..
Yeah, it all comes down to how items are initially installed and/or the dreaded soft-core issues that have seemed to plague GW's for a while, now. I consistently lift boats much heavier than a 225 with no issues - so the eyes can handle it... it's the other variables that let us down 