{"id":16983,"date":"2026-03-30T17:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-copy\/8-prepare-hull\/8-7-insert-positioning-screws\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:40:49","slug":"8-7-insert-positioning-screws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a\/8-prepare-hull\/8-7-insert-positioning-screws\/","title":{"rendered":"8.8 Insert Positioning Screws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inject sealant in all pilot holes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If installing on a fiberglass hull, insert the No. 10 x 1.5 in. positioning screws, leaving the head exposed off the hull by about \u00be in. or 19mm.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For aluminum hulls, wood screws may be substituted with self-taping screws or machine screws if a drill and tap are utilized.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> These positioning screws provide no structural purpose and will not support the weight of the Actuator. These screws are intended to assist with installation only and are not meant to handle any forces created by the Controller.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-507.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14023\" style=\"width:606px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-507.png 1280w, https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-507-768x543.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 55 \u2013 Positioning Screws Inserted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: These positioning screws provide no structural purpose and will not support the weight of the Actuator. These screws are intended to assist with installation only and are not meant to handle any forces created by the Controller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":16965,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[375],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-16983","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17074,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16983\/revisions\/17074"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=16983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}