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Jib traveler track repair

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Maximus

Post subject: Jib traveler track repair

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:24 am

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I'm trying to replace my jib traveler track and I notice the rivets to do so seem specialized. My Hobie dealer says he can get the rivets, but he not sure how to install them. Does it take a special rivet gun?

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MBounds

Post subject: Re: Jib traveler track repair

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:38 am

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The rivets are essentially the same as all the other pop rivets on the boat, with the exception of a countersunk head. You use the same pop rivet tool to set them.

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Maximus

Post subject: Re: Jib traveler track repair

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:46 am

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Thanks!

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Tim H16

Post subject: Re: Jib traveler track repair

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:59 am

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If your pop rivet tool will not fit all the way into the jib traveler track, put a nut or some small washers over the mandrel of the pop rivet so it allows the tool to pull each rivet tight.

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