{"id":20772,"date":"2025-11-12T19:20:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-14-installation-manual-90873-1-copy\/mechanical-installation\/bolt-in-installation\/blind-hole-installation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:06:56","slug":"blind-hole-installation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-14-installation-manual-90873-2\/mechanical-installation\/bolt-in-installation\/blind-hole-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"2.4.3  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 Template Fixture and drill sixteen (16) 21\/32 in. \u00f8 (16.67 mm \u00f8) holes perpendicular to the vessel structure to a minimum depth of 1.00 in. (25.4 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 mounting surface.<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap drilled holes for M16-2.0 threaded inserts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install sixteen (16) M16-2.0 x 0.945 in. D (24 mm length) locking threaded inserts into holes in hull structure at drilled and tapped locations using threaded insert manufacturer provided installation tool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove threaded insert prong \/ tag after threaded inserts are 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=\"222\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Helicoil.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18335\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Figure 9 &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><em>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 Template Fixture and drill sixteen (16) 0.669 in. (17 mm) \u00f8 perpendicular to the vessel structure. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Take special care to drill perpendicular to mounting surface. <\/mark>A drill guide is recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blind-Hole Instructions Through-bolt Instructions Remove Template Fixture and drill sixteen (16) 0.669 in. (17 mm) \u00f8 perpendicular to the vessel structure. Take special care to drill perpendicular to mounting surface. A drill guide is recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":20766,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[367],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-20772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-14-installation-manual-90873-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20772","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=20772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20834,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20772\/revisions\/20834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=20772"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=20772"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=20772"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=20772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}