Thickness of aluminum deck plates

[sscoville]

I’ve read that there are aluminum plates inside the foredeck of pathfinder boats (I have a 2000v) for mounting trolling motors. Does anyone know the thickness of the plates and has anyone tapped the plates to receive the mounting screws in areas that can’t be through bolted ?

[Bamaskeet]

I believe they are 1/4” thick and yes you can tap into them.

[sscoville]

Can anyone confirm I have these plates in a 2011 2000v? I haven’t noticed any aluminum shavings when I’ve drilled my holes. Thank you. 

[Wanaflatsfish]

On 4/19/2024 at 11:36 PM, sscoville said:

I’ve read that there are aluminum plates inside the foredeck of pathfinder boats (I have a 2000v) for mounting trolling motors. Does anyone know the thickness of the plates and has anyone tapped the plates to receive the mounting screws in areas that can’t be through bolted ?

I have NEVER just used the plate....I always through bolt at least 2 where I can reach them....

yes, I think it's 1/4 inch...

the locations are on the website of MBG

 

dc

 

[George Seither]

Thru bolt with backing plates if accessible 

[sscoville]

I don’t think I hit any aluminum. I can only through bolt 2 of the 4 fasteners. 
 

I’ve never been able to find a brochure for the 2000v, I don’t think. 

[George Seither]

Go to pathfinder information, first topic brochure and scroll down, I put one link to a site that had a 2200V, folks and MM have been pinning items to that topic on different models 

[sscoville]

It seems my decks do not have the aluminum plates. Idk why they he 2000v would be different, but I definitely did not hit any aluminum when drilling holes in the area shown to have plates installed on other models. 

[HoneyB]

I wish I would have taken a picture of the underside of my project master angler. Not because it had a plate under it but because it had a lot of stainless wall anchors pulled tight into the fiberglass. My first thought when I saw them was well if anyone ever had a doubt it the anchors worked I can tell you they do.