I've just bought 19mm Axis aluminium mast. And I noticed water gets inside the mast even if there are plastic plugs on each side. Has anyone else had this problem?

Is the water in the bolt holes or in the core. ?

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saltwaterwine said..
Is the water in the bolt holes or in the core. ?

In the core. There are 2 black plastic plugs from each side but the water gets through them and stays.

Pretty standard. Always have water in mine. Not a lot but enough to have to empty out. Likes the gap where the doodad sits as well.

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Ngf said..

saltwaterwine said..
Is the water in the bolt holes or in the core. ?

In the core. There are 2 black plastic plugs from each side but the water gets through them and stays.

Id use sika 291 to seal properly.

On my Gong mast with similar plugs I always got water until I pulled the plugs and applied thick lanolin grease. Now I get absolutely zero water intrusion.

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Ngf said..

saltwaterwine said..
Is the water in the bolt holes or in the core. ?

In the core. There are 2 black plastic plugs from each side but the water gets through them and stays.

My axis masts do the same I must get round to sealing them properly too.

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Ngf said..

saltwaterwine said..
Is the water in the bolt holes or in the core. ?

In the core. There are 2 black plastic plugs from each side but the water gets through them and stays.

My axis masts do the same I must get round to sealing them properly too.

mine does as well. It's a small amount so I don't think it's impacting performance.

DC

I will have to check mine! I am more concerned of corrosion.
Thinking of using a hot glue gun. Worked well on my plastic water tank.

I filled an aluminium mast with expanding foam. It worked great ??

Mind had water get past the plugs, really annoying and I thought a corrosion risk. I ended up drilling a hole in plug to drain water then filling with PU foam.
it's a basic thing that should be sorted straight from manufacture. All they need to do is seal it properly.

I also had water in my Axis aluminium mast. A good technique I used to get the water out is to lean it up vertically against an oil heater - as the air inside the mast expands it forces the water out. I had to cool and reheat a few times to get all the water out. When dry I just filled both ends with silicone. The center slot is quite deep and hard to fill with silicone so I just cut a piece of foam, put some silicone on it and squished it down into the slot leaving it there permanently.

From comments here is the water just flows out when put in one's car.