User Tools
huki_leaktests
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revision Previous revision Next revision | Previous revision | ||
|
huki_leaktests [2024/03/27 20:09] preavley |
huki_leaktests [2025/03/23 19:49] (current) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ====== Testing For Leaks ====== | ====== Testing For Leaks ====== | ||
| - | from Huki website - Jude Turczynski | + | from [[https://www.huki.com/index.php?page=Testing_For_Leaks|Huki website]] - Jude Turczynski |
| This may require two people if the first set of tests don't reveal the source of the leak. The most common locations for leaks are the thru-hull rudder tube near the tail of the canoe, the footwell drain holes at the bottom of each well, the iako receiver holes, the sliding seat rod receiver holes, the lock hole in the footwell divider, the rivets holding down the hinges and the cable housing exits through the deck at the cockpit and at the rudder yoke, the ama iako mounts and button holes. There are other locations that will be dealt with later. **DO NOT use a vacuum or other pumps** to create a vacuum in the hull. This will crush the hull. **DO NOT use compressed air or other pumps** to create pressure inside the hull. This will explode the hull. The hull can only handle the amount of vacuum or pressure created by human lungs | This may require two people if the first set of tests don't reveal the source of the leak. The most common locations for leaks are the thru-hull rudder tube near the tail of the canoe, the footwell drain holes at the bottom of each well, the iako receiver holes, the sliding seat rod receiver holes, the lock hole in the footwell divider, the rivets holding down the hinges and the cable housing exits through the deck at the cockpit and at the rudder yoke, the ama iako mounts and button holes. There are other locations that will be dealt with later. **DO NOT use a vacuum or other pumps** to create a vacuum in the hull. This will crush the hull. **DO NOT use compressed air or other pumps** to create pressure inside the hull. This will explode the hull. The hull can only handle the amount of vacuum or pressure created by human lungs | ||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
| * Set the canoe level and right side up. Slide the seat all the way back in it's track and pour water into the slide track trough to fill it to the rim. Have a second person blow air into the snorkel of the rubber drain plug with their mouth (**do not use compressed air** for this as you will explode the canoe) to raise the internal air pressure. Watch for bubbles to appear at either end of the slide track where the rod enters through the surface of the boat. | * Set the canoe level and right side up. Slide the seat all the way back in it's track and pour water into the slide track trough to fill it to the rim. Have a second person blow air into the snorkel of the rubber drain plug with their mouth (**do not use compressed air** for this as you will explode the canoe) to raise the internal air pressure. Watch for bubbles to appear at either end of the slide track where the rod enters through the surface of the boat. | ||
| - | * [[:www.huki.com:index.php?page=Repairing_Slide_Seat|Instructions for removing slide track seat]] | + | * [[:huki_slidingseattrack_fix|Instructions for removing slide track seat]] |
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
