Re: Mizzen furler
Randall Walker
Pat, Not so easy! The part with the gear tooth that that broke only broke when it was being unscrewed. The white Delrin bushing had adhered to the shaft (like it was glued with super glue) if you look at the picture you will see the corrosion. I only unscrewed the bottom because there was grinding sound coming from the ball bearings. Turned out to be a build up of corrosion and salt. in order to undo the bottom I drilled a bar with holes the size of the 2 on the bottom of the furler and inserted 2 old drill bits to make 2 tooth tool. I know it sounds complicated, but wasn't and I can now unfurl the mizzen with just pulling the sheet by hand. In the end the stiff squeaky furler was only failing due to the bushings and after the complete disassemble I learned silicone lube is not what is needed. Clean the bushings period. Randall AMEL 54 #56
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 3:00 PM Patrick McAneny via Groups.Io <sailw32=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
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