Thread: spyderlok mounting help

Went out to try long lining for the first time ever. I have spyderloks. The water was very rough on Lake Jordan and the beating from the water jarred loose a couple of the mounting plates. What could I do to secure them?

The 4 screws that hold the bracket down to the floor came loose?

Originally Posted by FurFlyin

The 4 screws that hold the bracket down to the floor came loose?

Not all four but two were completely loose and the others were working out...

The screws are installed into what? Plywood, aluminum, fiberglass? Also, do you have carpet in your boat?

Originally Posted by FurFlyin

The screws are installed into what? Plywood, aluminum, fiberglass? Also, do you have carpet in your boat?

Aluminum, no carpet. Seaarkboat with pretty thick aluminum.

Originally Posted by captdave

Aluminum, no carpet. Seaarkboat with pretty thick aluminum.

The reason I asked about carpet is because I was amazed at how much mine compressed when installing the brackets. My deck is aluminum as well and I have had my Spiderlocks mounted for about 6 weeks and have yet to take them off. No loose screws here. Your pilot holes may be too large as G suggested. You could go up a size in screws and that would eliminate that as a possibility. I don't know if the screws that come with them are #10's or #12's. They make a drywall anchor called a butterfly toggle bolt. Those would work but you'd have to cut all 4 screw holes out large enough to get them threw the deck.

It's try larger diameter screws first. Get Stainless steel screws. One word of caution... I use stainless steel screws pretty often and the heads are very easy to strip out. If you could find some screws that have a square head or allen head, it would be much easier to thread them into the holes you have now without redrilling the hole.

Sounds like your pilot holes were drilled too big in your floor for your screws...Get some bigger screws.

Maybe put a plastic anchor in the hole to help it bite better

If you are able to get to the underside try lock nuts and different bolts. That’s what I did on my pontoon with an aluminum deck.


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Originally Posted by Lloakley930

If you are able to get to the underside try lock nuts and different bolts. That’s what I did on my pontoon with an aluminum deck.


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I can access the mounts in the back of the boat. I can't on the bow....guess i will try bigger screws.