How to fix stripped Starbox

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philn > 9 months ago, 4 Feb 2024

philn

1080 posts

4 Feb 2024 4:04am

What's the best way for someone with no skills (me) to fix a stripped Starboard starbox?

powersloshin

NSW

1844 posts

4 Feb 2024 7:08am

I would add a few turns of plumbers tape to the screw and it should be tight enough

jn1

2683 posts

4 Feb 2024 11:03am

You could drill/dremel it out, and epoxy in another knurl nut ?. Contact the manufacturer to buy the nut. Shouldn't be too hard.

pepe47

1382 posts

4 Feb 2024 1:03pm

I was thinking a helicoil would be an option. Fairly easy to fit.

REDhat

37 posts

4 Feb 2024 2:57pm

7/16 unf tap is 11.13 mm major diam and 9.73 root diam.

^^^ then youre into the plastic so dunno why you would go that big.

It still has some thread so i would go tape like 'sloshin said.
If not, then tap to M6 as at least it it a windsurf standard.

Care - the insert is not bonded in well so dont go nuts on it

REDhat

37 posts

6 Feb 2024 6:24am

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REDhat said..
7/16 unf tap is 11.13 mm major diam and 9.73 root diam. Assuming that is a 10m1.5 pitch o-ring plug that is stripped.
The od of a 10m1.5 helicoil is about 11.7mm.
Thread tape will not have any shear strength needed to clamp an o-ring.
The torque required to tap a new thread may exceed the bond strength.
A new (sharp) tap and a careful hand would help.
Any consideration to any windsurfing standard thread type is not relevant.
Their is a risk the od of the brass insert may not be enough to tap to 7/16.

FormulaNova

15090 posts

6 Feb 2024 8:42am

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REDhat said..

It seems to be a finbox screw thread that is the problem, from the picture, not an o-ring plug.

Mark _australia

23526 posts

6 Feb 2024 11:31am

Think the clue is in the word Starbox

peterowensbabs

NSW

497 posts

6 Feb 2024 11:18pm

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pepe47 said..
I was thinking a helicoil would be an option. Fairly easy to fit.

Stainless(316) Helicoil and brass/bronze=corrosion over time, less noble mettle =galvanic action.

peterowensbabs

NSW

497 posts

6 Feb 2024 11:20pm

Marine Siccaflex and thread tape

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