looking for pictures of Sunpad hinges

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:19 am

I am hunting pictures of the rear sun pad (engine) factory hinges. Please any help would be great i have been on google for a few days and i am coming up empty.

Toddely · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:25 am

are you talking about the piano looking hinge that holds on the dog house/engine cover with the sun pad??

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:53 am

not a DOG house.. a FULL beam sun pad aka sun deck whack ever way you choose to call it.. the bench seat layouts not the dog house split seats.

Toddely · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:01 am

Oh, ok. well sorry I have the split seats in mine. wasn't sure if it had the same hinge.

LouC · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:36 am

Mine had something similar to these, an aluminum single wrap hinge, its a little confusing when you look at it but the end of the sunpad fits in the right angle section, and the hinges wind up near the top edge of the sunpad...I had 2 old ones that I repaired with some aluminum angle stock and alu rivets, and added a pair of these 6" single wrap hinges to hold it more securely. As heavy as that sun pad is (3/4" plywood, about 6' wide and 4' long) I'd use 4 of these hinges and through bolt it.

http://www.wolfsmarine.com/6-in-Single- ... 3537.aspx#

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:25 pm

Todelly is yours like this?

This is the best picture of hinges i can find. huh this is a pain in my ass..

this is a '94 horizon 180. and is roughly where i was envisioning the hinges needing to go.. IF anyone has or knows were on her their are more detailed pictures of the hinges please post them up..

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:40 pm

does anyone have this style hinge? is it attaches to the sides? i have not seen hinges like this before. Also from a '94

Gresh24 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:44 pm

That is the same as my interior. But to be honest, I don't know exactly what type of hinges I have. I can look and let you know.

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:58 pm

Gresh24 wrote:

That is the same as my interior. But to be honest, I don't know exactly what type of hinges I have. I can look and let you know.

that would be great with a couple pictures.. a good picture can tell a great story and inform me of a lot of things.

LouC · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:20 pm

I think it'll be easier to figure out what you need, if you post up a pic of the area on the transom that the hinges will attach to. I bet you'll find something that will work on that site I linked to above. On mine, the old alu hinges cracked in the middle, not all the way through though. I patched them with alu angle stock that made them strong enough, but then started looking for new ones to supplement those and that's what I found. The sun pad on my H-200 is really heavy, so 4 hinges are more or less required.
It is surprising, now much bigger inside the older boats are. I'm shocked at how much wasted space you see in the new models.

Cap'n Morgan · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:23 pm

Long SS piano hinges are a hell of a lot better than those little 1" wide hinges FW uses on their new boats. The weight of that platform will eventually rip them right out of the boat.

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:27 pm

^^^ i have vents in the center.. I will take pictures after work.. BUT Lou i circled what i needed and gave about 6 pictures. outside of the vents.. and the top cap is 3-4" deep as the "transom" but its not actual structure transom this is hollow..

exact like this '95

LouC · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:38 pm

OK that is a different set up for sure, you need some kind of a flush hinge, but one bigger and stronger than a typical cabinet or small door hinge.....

http://www.wolfsmarine.com/Large-Gate-S ... C953.aspx#

Jdpber · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:13 pm

i was thinking something similar to this maybe in a 6" i need to measure the rear cap for available space.

http://greatlakesskipper.com/larson-0300255-stainless-steel-4-1-4-x-1-inch-flush-boat-strap-hinge

Toddely · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 3:18 pm

No, sorry mine is totally different.

www.iFourWinns.com

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