Hey guys,
I have searched the forums for information on fixing FCS fins boxes but I cant seem to find what I am looking for. The board that I am repairing is a 5’10 chinese made fish and two of the three boxes on the right hand side have shaken loose. I did little to no research before getting started and have just taken a stanley knife to the glass around the fin boxes to break them loose, which wasn’t a problem. The problem that I do have is now the new fin boxes seem to be rather loose as the hole is slightly larger than 1 1/4 inch. I read on a different site that it might be worth filling the entire hole with q-cell and drilling an inch hole with a hole saw, which is what I should have used in the first place, though I am not sure if that is the best way of going about fixing the problem. I have cut a couple of circular fiberglass sheets, one ten ounce and one 4 oz, and even with both pieces of glass in the hole the new box seems to be rather loose.
Has anybody on the forum experienced a similar problem? Am I better of filling the hole or just using the cloth and some q-cell to secure the box in place? Please help…