Rear hatch

[emtmike]

How much weight should you put on the rear hatch? Is it ok or should you walk on it?

 

[timmyboy76]

i'm 210, and the broad from Lake Mohave was about 130, so yeah, it'll hold weight....:rofl:

 

[emtmike]

Either my 210 ass is heavier than your 210 ass or it was weak from the start. I seem to have a crack in the hatch and it's a bit spongy. I was wondering what would happen if I sprayed a bunch of that expanding foam insulation into it. It may help some with engine noise as well. What do you think?

 

[scooper77515]

Are you talking about just the little rope hatch door, or the entire back engine hatch?

I walk on the engine hatch all the time, but I try to keep off the little rope locker door. Mostly because my little plastic hinges were worn and nearly broken up until last week when i replaced them.

 

[emtmike]

Nope its the engine hatch itself. It seems like the weak spot is on the port side. I think the whole hatch is hollow. I could spray the foam in from the rope locker door.

 

[Bdt1967]

I stand on mine all the time 215, but I only stand directly in the center. I don't want to chance anything.

 

[scooper77515]

I was 220, now 195, never had any concerns with the strength of the door, and we are on it all the time. Usually both of us at the same time.

I have taken it of (when swapping engines) and it is VERY thick fiberglass, and I feel no concerns with it's strength.

I am thinking you got one that just wasn't made as strong...