{"id":20662,"date":"2025-11-12T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-10-installation-manual-90841-1-copy\/mechanical-installation\/bolt-in-installation\/blind-hole-installation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:56:36","slug":"blind-hole-installation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-10-installation-manual-90841-2\/mechanical-installation\/bolt-in-installation\/blind-hole-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"2.3.3  Bolt-in Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blind-Hole Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remove the Template Fixture and drill TWELVE (12) 0.571 in. \u00f8 (14.5 mm \u00f8) holes perpendicular to the vessel structure to a minimum depth of 0.84 in. (21 mm). <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take special care to drill perpendicular to the mounting surface.<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap drilled holes for M14-2.0 threaded inserts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install twelve (12) M14-2.0 x 1.5 D (21 mm length) locking threaded inserts into holes in the hull structure at drilled and tapped locations using the threaded insert manufacturer&#8217;s installation tool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the threaded insert prong\/tang after the threaded inserts have been installed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7667\" style=\"width:302px;height:174px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Figure 9<\/strong> &#8211; Threaded Insert<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Through-bolt Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Remove the Template Fixture and drill twelve (12) 0.59 IN. (15 mm) \u00f8 perpendicular to the vessel structure. Take special care to drill perpendicular to the <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">mounting surface. <\/mark>A drill guide is recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blind-Hole Instructions Through-bolt Instructions Remove the Template Fixture and drill twelve (12) 0.59 IN. (15 mm) \u00f8 perpendicular to the vessel structure. Take special care to drill perpendicular to the mounting surface. A drill guide is recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":20656,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[365],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-20662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-10-installation-manual-90841-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20662\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=20662"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=20662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}