[alberg30] Remove step plate

[Guy Lalonde]

From: Guy Lalonde <lalondegc at videotron.ca>

Joe, Tom, Greg,

thanks for your advice. Finally got the plate off, with patience and prying
it off slo-o-o-o-wly one small area at a time. If that had not worked my
next step would have been to use heat. There was some kind of bedding
compound underneath which is probably why it was so difficult.

In the Maintenance Manual, (Scott Maury, "Bill of Rights #487", Mast Step
Repair) it is said that the mound on which the mast step sits on is made of
plywood and glass. Mine is pure glass, somewhere around 1/2, maybe even 3/4
inch thick, then the balsa core then the lower glass skin.

What did you guys, or anybody else who has done this repair, find under the
mound ? Would it be better to rebuild with or without a piece of plywood ?

Guy.
Cyrena #466

----- Original Message -----
From: SutherlandT <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
To: <alberg30 at onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [alberg30] Remove step plate


> From: SutherlandT <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
>
> Guy ... When I removed my mast step plate I did not meet as much
> resistance as you and joe. When I got the screws removed ( using an
> impact driver, solvent , and patients ) the plate itself came off pretty
> easily. In your case  someone before you has likely sealed the plate
> down with either epoxy or polyurethane. In either event it may help to
> apply a little "heat" to the plate. I would play a propane torch
> carefully on top of the plate to achieve this. It is my understanding
> that polyurethane (3M 5200)  can be softened with heat. You might also
> heat a thin bladed putty knife and try and work it under the plate at
> the same time.
>
> I think the important thing is to be patient and not  rush anything.
>
> Tom S
> A30  #412
> InCahoots
>
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> Guy Lalonde wrote:
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