Any of yall have any tips on how to keep transducers from breaking?? I have broke off my second transom mount transducer. Is there any way to fix it or do I have to keep buying new ones??
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Any of yall have any tips on how to keep transducers from breaking?? I have broke off my second transom mount transducer. Is there any way to fix it or do I have to keep buying new ones??
I still have the original ducer on my boat, under what conditions are they breaking. Are you hitting submerged objects in deep water or shallow water, how are they getting broken?
Go to lowes,home depot. Find a plastic epoxy made by Locktite it has a picture of plastic lawn chair on it.best thing I have found for repairing them. I glue the break first then set 24hrs then put a coat on outside to build it up around break. Sand to rough up and clean with alcohol first. Stop riding over those stumps LoL.
Mine is a transom mount that will release when you hit something. I've never had a problem and I run in some pretty rough stuff duck hunting. Is your transducer on the trolling motor or transom? If it gets to be a really big problem, you might try a through hull model.
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Originally Posted by deerducksdogs
Yeah, stay out of lake conway!!
I saw a guy at lake conway who had a great rig for his transducer. He had it mounted on a metal bracket that was attatched to the transom with suction cups. He said when he hits something hard enough it just comes loose and he can re attatch it. He had a short cable on it so that it wouldnt drag below the boat when it did come off. Next time mine breaks, Im going to give it a try
i used jb weld on mine. its held for over a year now
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tom
I really don't know how it this time. I noticed about a week ago that the neck of the transducer was cracked. I don't know when or how it got cracked but it was cracked. I had a bad case of head up rear and went fishing without fixing it and at some some point it snapped in half. I have tried the epoxy before but i don't think I did it right. I will have to try again with the advice I have been given from yall. And, yeah I do need to try to stay off the stumps and logs but stuff happens:D
if you leave it loose where it will give a little it wont break use to have the same problem till i unloosen mine some
Wow... I hit stuff all the time... Mine is about 20 years old, still there...
i have mine mounted on my trolling motor.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice. Went to Wal Mart and got some jb weld. I used it and it has held up really good. I also loosened the bolt and gave it a little play and that helped out too. I went through some pretty low and stumpy water the other day fishing the Ark. River around Pendelton and the transducer held up. It was worth it too!!! I caught several nice bass!!!
I have the same problem on TWO of my mine. I'll give the locktite epoxy a try. Thanks :) AJ