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    Lifting hooks

    Please advise if I should expect the lifting hooks on my newly aquired 2006 22 Classic are functional or not. I planned on summer storage using the hooks only to lift the boat as an additional cradle lift is extremely difficult to install. I thought they were designed for that purpose. Thanks in advance.
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    They are functional
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    Make sure lifting force is straight up by using a spreader bar.
    Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland

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    They are NOT functional. The rear one needs a new bracket inside. I lifted mine and it bent like hell, I replaced it.

    See

    http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=41471

    Seem to work on 16s and 18s, the 22s with big blocks have trouble.

    The new bracket solved my problems and I have been hanging by the eyes for years now.
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    Pismo
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    Let me rephrase.... they are supposed to be functional.
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    It depends what series of boat (year and owner) as to whether or not it's functional.
    The real light aluminum brackets aren't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gcarter View Post
    It depends what series of boat (year and owner) as to whether or not it's functional.
    The real light aluminum brackets aren't.
    Which is what is stock in an '06 22.
    Cheers,
    Pismo
    1996 22 Classic
    Red with Stainless Windshield
    Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
    Stock Bravo I
    25" Mirage Plus
    74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
    27" Labbed Mirage Plus
    75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pismo View Post
    Which is what is stock in an '06 22.
    Didn't you simply duplicate your aluminum bracket in SST?
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    Quote Originally Posted by gcarter View Post
    Didn't you simply duplicate your aluminum bracket in SST?
    Yes, I believe it was 1/2" stainless. There is a picture of the new bracket in that thread I linked. It was a little bit larger with two more transom bolt holes.

    I took the old bracket to a metal shop and they built the new one using the angles, holes spacing, etc. from the old one. $75. It has worked perfectly since.
    Cheers,
    Pismo
    1996 22 Classic
    Red with Stainless Windshield
    Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
    Stock Bravo I
    25" Mirage Plus
    74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
    27" Labbed Mirage Plus
    75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)

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    Lightbulb

    Post a picture of the transom mount most of us are very aware of the poor ones!
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    I am just on a road trip to pick up a 1949 'Dippy' in MI then on to MN and won't be back till next Tuesday. I will take pictures and post them. I appreciate the input and saw the other post about pulling out but on a different year. If they are aluminum, it sounds like a fairly simple fix to have SS copies of the plates made. Thanks again

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    Here's a link to the picture;

    http://www.donzi.net/forums/attachme...9&d=1124816920

    I'd have opened it here, but I think it's a pretty big picture.
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    Mine is aluminum. WTF would Donzi put on lifting hooks that are useless? On the one that failed, was the lifting force straight up? You can't use a V shaped run of chain or it pulls the hooks inward and cracks the glass and bends parts.
    Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland

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    The aluminum one just is not strong enough. I did a nice slow, straight pull the first time and it bent significantly before the boat came up.

    Look at that thread, lots of pictures and the whole story there.

    http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=41471
    Cheers,
    Pismo
    1996 22 Classic
    Red with Stainless Windshield
    Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
    Stock Bravo I
    25" Mirage Plus
    74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
    27" Labbed Mirage Plus
    75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)

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    That's nuts. I was thinking about removing all the extra hardware and making mine cosmetic only. This may have clinched the deal.
    Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Oakland

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