Land & Sea Jacking Plate

[Dirty 50]

I know I'm going to get laughed at however its worth asking the question - what are the chances that I can get replacement nolathane slide runners for my L&S Jack Plate? the original part number from L&S as per the attached photo was #609-600.

Did anyone ever find replacement runners from another supplier maybe?

Photo of my boat for attention

[mikesufka]

Side question - are they no longer around ? They were a big name 20-25 years ago.

MDS

[rhardwick]

Those look similar to the Atlas jack plate design. I would have no idea if the slides for the Atlas would work but maybe a starting point?

[JBS]

I just gave one away 2 weeks ago.It didn't sell on FB

[doug7488]

Maybe source the material from Grainger or plastic company and have machined?

[CUDA]

https://www.landnsea.com/content/Int...lServices.html

[Paul Vaillancourt]

Cuda,
I highly doubt that the link you posted has any relation to the Land and Sea of yesteryear, it looks to be a drop ship company.
Not the engineering/production company that brought many popular items such as the dual action foot throttle and stern drive jack as well as outboard dyno's

https://www.landnsea.com/content/Int...lServices.html

[BUZZIN' DOZEN]

Land & sea no longer exists

"Thank you for visiting DYNOmite Dynamometer/Land and Sea

In March 2022 we announced the suspension of the former Land and Sea Dynamometer Company operations. "

[BarryStrawn]

I don't think you will find anything unless someone has an original set on the shelf they no longer need. I recall when L&S got out of the marine business a few guys posted they bought up the few spare slides they had.

What you could do is mold new using Moglice https://moglice.com/ or similar compound. That is what I plan to do if mine ever fail. Moglice is an epoxy matrix with molybdenum, graphite, teflon, etc in various liquid and putty forms. Normally used to rebuild machine tools. Lots of examples on the internet and used to be a bunch of homebrew recipes. You would have to jig the two halves into position with mold releases, masking, wax or putty dams and then inject the liquid. Not easy but the only way I can think of if you really need or just want to save an old L&S plate.

[David - WI]

I haven't seen them in person, but how hard could these possibly be to make... they probably cost L&S about $1 at the time... not Space Shuttle parts.

[loop]

I haven't seen them in person, but how hard could these possibly be to make... they probably cost L&S about $1 at the time... not Space Shuttle parts.

they're what i'd call decpetively simple.
Machining them from bar stock or tubing wouldnt be impossible but a PITA and since they aren't a high demand item most machine shops would have to charge more than the jackplate is worth. Ive looked at them and haven't figured an easy way to make them (manually) From what i remember they're extruded UHMW which probably cost them pennies per foot to manufacture once they buillt the extrusion die. they probably threw away bundles of the extrusions when they stopped making the jackplates
All that being said,when i saw this post yesterday I realized that these coudl probably be 3D printed pretty easily and inexpensively. Might take a few tries to get it right but UHMW filament is available.
Then I saw Barry Strawn's post about the pourable Moglice. Either make a mold or just pour in place. I think this is by far the best solution.

[David - WI]

"Deceptively simple" is what usually trips me up!

[AlliStan]

UHMW machines very nicely, with sharp cutting tools.

[loop]

yes it does machine very easily. The shape is just awkward for machining. Not impossible