Thread: Boweye Broke

Thanks for posting the pictures. They are helpful. As others have suggested, I would find a way to raise the roller some. When installing your new u-bolt, you should consider running those outside nuts all the way down to the shank. This will help reduce the leverage on the u-bolt. All of my boats have been configured like that.

Originally Posted by Aquadog

Thanks for posting the pictures. They are helpful. As others have suggested, I would find a way to raise the roller some. When installing your new u-bolt, you should consider running those outside nuts all the way down to the shank. This will help reduce the leverage on the u-bolt. All of my boats have been configured like that.

With the boat shorten, my hook will not got in the boweye because roller is in way, do they have rollers that aren't as thick

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Your roller diameter looks to be correct. Like CrappiePappy said, you will need to find a way to raise that roller a little bit. When you are finished, you should be setup like this:

Originally Posted by gaint_71

With the boat shorten, my hook will not got in the boweye because roller is in way, do they have rollers that aren't as thick

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Once you raise your bow roller to make proper contact, you can run the ubolt down to the end of the threads and everything back in line. Before you do anything though, I would make sure the boat sits proper on the trailer like crappiepappy suggest. If not, correct that and then fix the bow roller and ubolt.

This could be one option, change to a "V" style at the bow. If you have a local marina I would drive it over there and measure it up. They should have in stock.

https://www.overtons.com/modperl/pro...top-2&i=317583

This is another idea to help reduce the bouncing and provide a safer pull

https://www.overtons.com/modperl/pro...-Down&i=315083

This evening got under the boat and jack it up off trailer to make sure everything was seating right, i move a couple running about a inch or so to see if that helped. It didn't still sitting with nose up about a in after replacing bow-eye. I am going to try to move winch post forward maybe to two inches to see if pulling boat up farther will get the nose down. Any suggestion on professional help with trailer.

Originally Posted by gaint_71

This evening got under the boat and jack it up off trailer to make sure everything was seating right, i move a couple running about a inch or so to see if that helped. It didn't still sitting with nose up about a in after replacing bow-eye. I am going to try to move winch post forward maybe to two inches to see if pulling boat up farther will get the nose down. Any suggestion on professional help with trailer.

I think I would try to see if there are more adjustment holes under the winch cap, first, as you wouldn't have to raise it more than an inch. You really don't want the bow of the boat resting on the roller if it's lifting off the skids to do so. The boat should rest most of the weight on the runner skids and the bow should contact the roller right in front of the bow eye at the same time, but not really carry any weight .... just be in alignment -- the boat being level in relation to the trailer and the bow eye in contact with the roller when the boat is winched up tight & ready to travel. And if raising the cap puts the bow of the boat on the roller, yet lifts the front half of the boat off the runners ... then just re-adjust the runners back to where they were originally, or up/down to where they need to be to bare the weight of the boat.

And if that winch strap hook doesn't have the spring lock lever still on it ... I'd buy a whole new strap/hook assembly. Mine is broken (missing the lock lever) and that's one of my "to do list" things I intend to take care of before I start using the boat again. At 70yrs old, I'm getting a little too shaky to be standing on the trailer tongue bent over and trying to hook the boat with one hand & winch the slack out of the strap with the other. It just falls out of the eye too easily without that spring lever to stop it. I can get a new one from my local Cabela's for <$15. ( https://www.cabelas.com/product/Boat...E&gclsrc=aw.ds )

Originally Posted by gaint_71

This evening got under the boat and jack it up off trailer to make sure everything was seating right, i move a couple running about a inch or so to see if that helped. It didn't still sitting with nose up about a in after replacing bow-eye. I am going to try to move winch post forward maybe to two inches to see if pulling boat up farther will get the nose down. Any suggestion on professional help with trailer.

Since you show your home lake as Sardis and you need help, I'd take it by performance marine in Sardis and get them to help you out. Alike others said that winch stand needs to move up about 2 inches and should be adjustable to a point if not and you want to work with it your self, take off one of the U bolts that holds stand to trailer. Go to tractor supply and buy a couple same size and width but with the threaded ends being 2-3 inches longer. Take stand loose and start adding something as shims under it until you get it where you need it. Once that is established go to a fab shop and find a piece of square tubing to put under it and tighten it back down. Also on that U bolt eye very important for strength that nuts be all the way down on threads to relive stress.