[Public-List] another maintenance item

[Amy & David Swanson via Public-List]

Compare that 3/8" bolt to the size of the pins in your main sheet tackle 
(or the size of the axles for the sheaves for that matter).

David Swanson

On 9/11/2015 12:36 PM, gordon white via Public-List wrote:
> Having had the topping lift fail last weekend - probably "original 
> equipment" - I have been looking at other things of great age on the 
> boat.
>
>     My main sheet is attached to the aft end of the boom via a piece 
> of stainless steel which is bolted (one bolt, probably stainless, 
> maybe 3/8 inch in diameter. )   It has a 9/16 hex head on it. It has 
> not been removed at least since the mast (bent in a storm while at the 
> pier) was replaced, 18 years ago. Maybe not since the boat was built 
> in 1967.
>
>     I was wondering if the bolt might have wear where the sheet tackle 
> attaches. I put a wrench on it and with a pretty hefty attempted turn 
> it would not budge. I hesitate to use a breaker bar with a three foot 
> pipe on it as stainless is not as tough as, say, an AN bolt, and to 
> break it off in the boom would be a mighty problem.
>
>     I cannot see that the bolt is much worn. It may be "frozen" in the 
> aluminum boom and possibly the best thing to do is leave it alone.
>
>     Anyone have the bolt break?
>
>
> Gordon White,
>
> Brigadoon II
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