Trevor33
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Can anybody tell me how to remove a coroded metal self bailer?
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Catya said:Is a leak test (or an actual in the water leak test) the only way to determine whether the self-bailer works? Mine looks JUST like the one they're removing on WindLine, but if I don't have to remove it, I'd be happier. I just don't know how it's supposed to function, when functional, as it were.
TIA,
CAtya
Water backing-up through the bailer is normal, not intended, but normal. This is due to two things - (1) the Bailer Ball doesn't have enough buoyancy to press tightly against the Bailer Ball Seal to close completely. This is why there is also a Bailer Plug [new style] or screw-down cap [old style]; (2) The Bailer only develops enough low pressure (Bernoulli Principle) to act as a drain when the boat is sailing about 3 kts or better.
Water leaking in around the Bailer could be due to a bad bailer O-Ring or a bad Bailer Plug ring. These two items form the lower and upper seal with the hull and cockpit respectively.
To fix water coming through the Bailer, replace the Bailer Ball and Washer with new ones -and- use the plug when the boat isn't moving at a moderate speed.
To fix water coming around the Bailer, Remove the Bailer Assembly, check the O-Ring and Plug ring for age, replace as necessary.