Super Jet drilling into the tray......uhh.

[Roseand]

So I was screwing in my footholds today, on the exhaust side.. About 10 inches from the front of the tray when I was screwing my hold in, I started to hit a harder material about half an inch in. It was like this from the 10-13 inches or so from the front of the tray. The screws still went in, but a lot harder.
What could I have hit?
This was 10-13 inches from the front of the tray, and a little over an inch from the side of the tray, and about 1/2 an inch deep into the tray.
Any insight?

Thanks!
-Roseand

 

[Crab]

What hull?

 

[Roseand]

1995 yamaha squarenose.

 

[Crab]

tray is less than 1/4 inch thick, perhaps you hit into the steering tube?

 

[Roseand]

I think it's slightly to the right of that.


Wait.. Is the steering tube the tube the furthest to the right?(the tube to the right of the two metal tubes) This isnt my ski:

 

[Crab]

http://www.x-h2o.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=215856&d=1365218266

 

[Crab]

Search the refoam threads for pics

 

[Roseand]

The pics somewhat help, but I could use the measurements.. I know I didn't hit the right metal tube.

 

[Roseand]

I don't think it's anything to worry about. It wasn't the two metal tubes, and if it went into the steering tube, that's no big deal unless they hit the steering cable. But they're short screws, so they wouldn't have even been able to go through the steering cable.

 

[Crab]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c...09FBA38-1659-0000010648679D1A_zps16a12ee5.jpg

 

[Big Kahuna]

Did you not pre drill the holes? Screws are there only to hold the footholds in while your adhesive dries, then you remove.

 

[Big Kahuna]

My guess is you screwed into the sides of the pump cavity.

 

[Roseand]

I used self tapping screws, and this started about 2 feet from the rear of the ski. Including the thickness of the foothold, I'd say this started 3/8 of an inch into the tray. Does the pump tunnel stick up that far 2 feet from the rear of the tray? And it was under 2 inches from the edge of the tray, which I think was just to the right of the pump tunnel..

 

[yldsix]

Im guessing exhaust if anything, the front of the footholds nearly sit on top of it , towards the back not so much of an issue as the exhaust angles down.

 

[Roseand]

Exhaust sits in the gunwale, not in the tray though. I would only have hit the exhaust if I screwed into something besides the thickness of the hull in the side of the gunwale. When I was measuring the cuts for my holds, the exhaust pipe was a little over an inch from where the tray meets the gunwale. So there's no way I hit that.

 

[Roseand]

http://m1312.photobucket.com/profile/Roseand2012?pbauth=1_uLEBonVPfaLdh1h3YMYz2VspzdKcUV5Sjbfh2wnZf97svlKGOOcFNCaRrS904SLAdYjReNMgaF0Mo9QEp%2BxuD5uBQn2YvIzNHpfmQF7Maj77f2zDpbSNdf%2FVsZzff%2FAtXskphySe929y%2BwXC8U%2BvmYASpxlpAzDWdK9ueU2iszA%3D
That's a link to pictures of my ski. The purple lines outline the screws that I felt something different.

 

[Big Kahuna]

picture is a thumnail. have you looked and measured the pump cavity to see if there is anything there?