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Author	Topic:   Through-Hull Drain Flaring Tool
mike leppert	posted 05-14-2007 09:42 AM ET (US)         I need to replace my drain tube. Where can I buy the tool that flanges the tube?
Tom W Clark	posted 05-14-2007 09:48 AM ET (US)             There are numerous sources for the flaring tools. Hamilton Marine and Ship Store are but two of them. http://www.hamiltonmarine.com/ http://www.shipstore.com/SS/HTML/MOE/MOE2070000.html
Plotman	posted 05-14-2007 11:04 AM ET (US)             I still say a large ball peen hammer from any good hardware store. If I had a lot of tubes (like several boats, or I was a shop) I would make up a tool like Tom did, but for a single boat, the ball end of the hammer works great.
gsteindo	posted 05-14-2007 02:46 PM ET (US)             I just replaced the thru hull drain tubes on my 16 Sl and those were a 2 piece plastic unit. One piece is the drain tube that is cut to size and the other piece is a short flange that fits into the longer tube and driven on to fit with a hammer and piece of wood. Not sure if that is the design for your drain. I got my drain tubes from Twin Cities MArine.
jimh	posted 05-14-2007 06:10 PM ET (US)             Here is a link to a firm manufacturing plastic press fit drain tubes which might be a possible replacement for the brass drains on the classic Boston Whaler: http://www.mastertoolusa.com/vent_drain_hdwr.htm

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