Repair advice

I didn’t hit it very hard, but heard a snap. Any advice as to how to repair? Do you think JB Weld would work?

Thanks for your input.

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At this point you’ve got nothing to lose by trying. Personally, I’d undo the piece that mounts to the bracket and bore a hole perpendicular to the bracket bolt and then thread a screw in to join both pieces. Then apply super glue an install the screw.

Then use JB Weld to reinforce the area around the joint.

Can’t see it holding with just glue or weld. Need to figure out a way to tap a screw in there.

Grouse

I snapped mine off in the same place. I used epoxy to fix it and it has held now going on five years.
I used a two step repair process.
Step #1 was to take both pieces and glued them at the break.
Step #2 was to then take the transducer and form a mold around the stem using children’s “playdough”. I formed a larger diameter stem keeping the sidewalls the same where it fit into the bracket. The mold (with the transducer in place) was filled with a second application of epoxy.

The now larger mounting end (and stem) has held well for going on five years. Cheaper to fix than buying a new transducer.

I can take pictures but I’m away from home right now and won’t be back for a few days. Let me know if pics would help.

Epoxy works good.

Same thing happened to me about four years ago and my repair is still holding. Go to Home Depot and get Loctite Marine Epoxy. The package has a picture of a jet ski on it and says Marine. Take the part of the transducer that’s still attached to the boat and remove it and leave the bolt out. Take a piece of fine sand paper or a Scotch Brite pad and scuff up the plastic around the break. This will help the epoxy hold better. Set the small broken piece back on the transducer. You’ll need to support the transducer so the broken piece will sit on top of it. Mix the two part epoxy very well and let it sit for a minute or two so it starts to react and thicken. Use a small putty knife or something similar to smear a real thick coating layer all around the broken joint. You’ll probably have to pinch the two pieces together while doing this. Let it sit until it cures. The epoxy will cure faster at warmer temperatures so try to do it during the warm part of the day.

Now when in pull into a shallow beach in the summer, I go back and tilt my transducer up to reduce the chances of it breaking off if the boat gets bounced sideways.

Good Luck,

Boone

Thanks for your advice guys. First I glued the two pieces together with super glue. I then tried a product for the first time called PC Marine Fix. It is a epoxy putty that is activated by kneading in your fingers for a minute before application. The consistency of the putty is like play dough which I formed around the stem of the transducer. The putty cured into a complete rock hard substance that you can sand, drill, etc… and is supposed to be waterproof. It looks like it should be a long time fix. I can see this product would have a lot of different uses. So hopefully my mistake will only take $5.00 to repair.

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Let us know how it goes. I have broken a couple over the years and the latest fix is to use JB Weld as folks have been stating, but I have broken one of those fixes as well so I fashioned short strips of steel wire around the area that keeps breaking and then coat with a couple of coats of JB Weld. I think I can stand on the transducer now and it will not break. I may have over done it, but I was getting frustrated breaking them.

As others have stated, JB Weld has been my go to for repairs of that nature