How to disassemble Nirvana Furling Swivel?
Tom Whitehill
Hi,
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svcharisma
The swivel on my 1986 Mango with power furling is similar, thought not exactly the same. There are several seals and bearings in the assembly. I was able to replace all of the parts with the numbers that were still visible. The bearings were pretty much dust. After removing the seals, I had to take the unit to a machine shop to press it apart. When I reassembled with new parts, it was too stiff. I still haven't sorted this out, but I think lots of silicone grease is needed. I would love to hear more experiences with these older swivels. They are not the same as the SM swivels. Alan s/v Charisma Mango #62
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Tom, I am not 100% sure, but I believe the swivel balls, which encircle the swivel internally also hold the swivel halves together. Inside the top or bottom of the swivel you will find a plug of some sort, which when removed, you can remove the balls and separate the halves. Please let me know if this helps. --
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 2:45 PM Tom Whitehill <whitehillrei@...> wrote:
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Tom Whitehill
Thanks Bill, Alan and Tom Fisher (offline) for your help,
I was able to remove the inner sleeve (my terminology might be not accurate) by soaking the unit in kerosene over-night and using a vise to push it out the 'top' of the outer shell. 'Top' meaning its orientation as it would be if the mast were up. See pic of swivel in vise and of the separated pieces after the fact (the inner sleeve is top end down in the pic, sorry). Now, I'm looking at using a 'blind hole bearing puller' to extract the topmost bearing. I'm not sure how I'll get the bottom bearing out - maybe with a dowel as suggested by Tom F or figure out how to extend the length of the puller. I've measured the diameters of the bearings so I can get the correct sized bearing puller. Inner diameter = 1.75 inches = 44.45 millis Outer = ~2.25 inches ~= 57.15 millis
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