[iced98lx]

Hey all-
Have an issue where the panel the throttle mounts to is lose, appears wherever the screws screw into are stripped. This is the panel:



(NOT MY BOAT)

Anyone tackled reinforcing this panel before?

[Hudson River Steve]

You can try over drilling and installing plastic hollow wall anchors. It's worked for me in the past. The other option is to use larger diameter screws.

[iced98lx]

thanks Steve, I'll take a look adn see if I can get some anchors behind the screws. Do the screw covers just pop off?

[Hudson River Steve]

Yes, carefully pry off using a flat blade screwdriver.

[Brian Belcher]

Another solution is a well nut. I've replaced a few screws on mine with them. I use to use them for permently mounting a nut where you could never get a loose nut onto a bolt, like dash panels and the skins on our buggies. You can do the rubber surround or, the ones I use, a collapsing metal type. If interested, just reply and I'll get more info on the metal ones

[Brian Belcher]

Remembered what the metal ones are called and it's good info for others with similar repairs.
Nutcert or Rivcerts or Rivnuts
The tool ($37) collapses a section of the nut and locks the nut permently on the media. It's like a 17/32 hole.

[iced98lx]

Thanks Brian, great options if I can't figure out how to make the current screws work!!