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• Straightening aluminum boom tang
  • I would ask the guy who owns the boatyard where you store
  • If they are aluminum plate you can bend them..
  • Reason you can't slip some teflon sheet in there is because the tang edges aren't parallel?
  • Max, it looks like a weld in that picture?
    • I thought it looks like a cast aluminum fitting.
      • Looks like a weld or a very cuzzy casting ;^)
  • If that is a casting
  • Hi Max...
  • I wouldn't worry about breaking the aluminum plates as much as I would the welds but it does't look too bad from here...
  • Thanks for the thoughts
    • The expander bolt will work imho