Broke Transducer

[Herewego]

My Lowrance slider type transducer broke right below the bolt hole.
Went to BPS today and they are out of this unit.
My question, has anyone ever used epoxy or some kind of glue with any luck as a temp fix?

[REDEYE50]

Have Broke Several Over The Years. I Use Marine Grade Epoxy (white) And It Works Fine.

[Herewego]

Thanks, I'll tried to find it.

[crappie52]

i have 2 broken ones that i just drilled a hole in the plastic just below the crack not to hurt the cord, mount it back and the works great.

[flycaster]

Quote "crappie52 i have 2 broken ones that i just drilled a hole in the plastic just below the crack not to hurt the cord, mount it back and the works great. UNQUOTE
I had a similar incident happen to me and I drilled two holes into each part of the transducer, ran a section of small gauge wire thru the holes and twisted the ends to pull the parts together. Before the parts come together, place a small amount of epoxy in the cracked area and tighten up. Spread epoxy all around the crack and cover the wire. This will prevent any trash from getting hung up on the wire.
After one trip out on the boat I found that the transducer had bottom bumped and the epoxy had failed, BUT the wire still has the two sections attached.
I have not elected to replace the transducer as this seems to hold things together

[Herewego]

Just got thru applying marine epoxy (50 mins setup time) and put it on a little heavy around break. This transducer is on my trolling motor and should hold up I hope. Thanks guys for all the replies and help, saved me $$$.
Epoxy about 7 bucks. Transducer 68 bucks.

[speck chaser]

glad you got it fixed

[Wannabe...]

If the epoxy fails, you can try some steeltex, which is a two part putty type epoxy to build up around it. That's what I used and it's been holding up for a year so far.

Wannabe...