So my old clam yukon sled cracked open while on mille lacs this week.
I needed to be careful around all that busted up ice.
Has anyone ever come up with a way to repair the plastic sleds.
Does anyone have an old sled in the yukon size range they want to part with?
Crack or hole in sled? I cracked mine a few years back and JB weld held it together for several years…hole you will need some kind of plastic to cover it
You need a smithy sled similar to this. I recently popped two holes in mine on Mille Lacs. That ice is really hard on them. I built this one using an old pair of down hill skis. Welded aluminum frame.
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I know a guy who busted up his sled and wound up taking the measurements and mounted the frame work and canvas to a smitty sled like the above post. Works great other than it is much heavier to load in the back of a truck.
If it cracked i would use metal straps on the inside and flush mount hardware underneath to stitch it back together and keep it from further cracking.
Yea it’s about an 8″ tear right on the front corner going down the side, right on the corner.
I might turn it around to tow it from the other end, but still might be junk.
Real bummer as I just changed the seat brackets to a better design.
1. Drill about 3/16″ hole at each end of the crack, this should keep the crack from growing longer.
2. Using sheetmetal make a patch that covers the area and about 2″ past.
3. You could even make 2 to sandwich the area…
4. Use pop rivets or Nuts and bolts to hold the patch in place and squeeze the patch to the tub.
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Might want to drill a small hole at each end of the tear to keep it from spreading. I wonder if you rough it up if you could lay fiberglass and epoxy over it to strengthen the area. Or maybe get some plastic from a bucket, 55 gallon drum etc and bolt or rivet it on over the crack. Possibly plastic weld the crack, but I think some plastic takes better to that than others.
Worst case you may want to call Clam. They may have a new sled you can buy. My brother took my old Fish Trap Guide after I wore holes in the tub. A year or so later got a replacement tub from Clam. This was the last couple years so the Guide was a pretty outdated model.
This has been discussed on other forums and there is a YouTube video on welding plastic sleds.
make a friend at a body shop they should have the stuff to weld it for you. My body shop friend did some plastic welding for me for a 12 pack.
I tried dozens of times and couldn’t get it to stay. However my buddy had his plastic welded and it has been solid for the last 2 seasons. If you call around to some body shops in your area you will probably be able to find someone who does plastic welding. Body shops, custom car shops, or custom car audio shops.
I have done plastic welding before at work, and found it is not very reliable on areas where structural integrety is involved.
Works OK for holding pieces together unless there is a lot of stress.
I did get it fixed. Heated a piece of plastic until I could mold it over the area, caulked and riveted. Not pretty but functional.
Now I have to decide how long to keep what I like even though it looks like crap and doesn’t have a lot of future or buy something new that I don’t really like.
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