Stemhead Fitting Repair

[Peter Kovacevich]

Here are a couple photos of the modifications I needed to make to fit the new stemhead. I notched out both the top and bottom of the aluminum using a Dremel tool. It took some persuasion to get the old stemhead out but repeated strikes with a wood block finally knocked it out. The new stemhead is thicker than the original so it was also necessary to ease the corners of the deck and bow using a bastard file. After a couple sharp blows the new stemhead fell into place.

[rmbrown]

Exactly like mine went down... thanks!

My replacement fitting wasn't as direct replacement as I'd have liked but the folks at Garhauer sent me a spacer and I hope to finish the job on my next trip.