Zinc stuck to aluminum pod

[Pearl dog]

Hi
Can’t get inside enough to swing a hammer to tap or punch it out. Don’t want to scratch the pod with a pry bar. Can’t tap it off or muscle it. Ideas please

 

[jim morrow]

Leave it on there, still some life left in it, next year.....

 

[Pearl dog]

Yes. I’m not going force it and break something. Or do something stupid (I hope). But eventually something has to happen I guess.

Should I hit it with a wire wheel?

 

[Offshore]

Is that 5200 holding it on? Might need to use a heat gun.

 

[brutus]

Leave it on there, still some life left in it, next year.....

That thing is almost new

 

[Pearl dog]

Ok. Leave it alone. Probably be easier to get off when it’s more compromised. duh!
Thanks

 

[SpringVelocity]

leave it

 

[Rayvon]

Yup,heat gun ,it won't harm anything.The other half of the zinc is inside the pod,so you'll have to remove your access hatch when you decide to do it.

 

[brutus]

Yup,heat gun ,it won't harm anything.The other half of the zinc is inside the pod,so you'll have to remove your access hatch when you decide to do it.

Not sure about his,but my pod is tapped to accept only half

 

[Rayvon]

Not sure about his,but my pod is tapped to accept only half

OK,mine has both,it's not doing much if it's not contacting the aluminum with all that sealant.

 

[brutus]

OK,mine has both,it's not doing much if it's not contacting the aluminum with all that sealant.

 

[Pearl dog]

Agreed. Which is why I wanted to remove inspect and clean it. Boat has always been a trailer queen but I will moor it in the (next) summer months. Not sure why there’s any sealant or how extensive it is. And mine is only the half on the outside as shown. Just a stainless bolt through a hole with washer and nut inside.

 

[ab1752]

Piano wire like goodellas, saw it off.

 

[Rain City]

Hit it with your purse?

 

[ship happens]

Alright I'm going to chime in here..

@Offshore I thought the same when I first seen the picture. Looked like sealant squeezed out of the edges. Looking at the edges a little more clearly, sure looks like powder coat. Look at the porosity of the white coating. Sure looks like powder. Definitely looks like the mixed metals sure started going beyond the coating.

I'd say just from looking at that picture it doesn't really matter what you do, the coating has been compromised.

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

I'd do a few things,
First, pry that thing off, clean it up,
Stitch a piece of aluminum angle or channel on there, paint the area and attach an ALUMINUM anode to the unpainted angle or channel
leaving no holes or opportunities for corrosion on the pod