Dookie wrote:
Without knowing more it’s impossible to tell. Are there any cracks/damage to the crossbar? Is the mast step damaged or dislodged? Is the striker rod tight or is it loose? Is the striker bar going across under the crossbar tight or loose?
There’s no damage to the crossbar that I can see, the mast step doesn’t move and is not damaged (other than normal wear from the mast), the striker post is tight and rod are both tight. I suspect the striker post is frozen to the crossbar.
srm wrote:
I would not apply heat. You risk damaging the surrounding area of the aluminum crossbar. Drill out the mast step rivets and pull it out that way.
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Ah, that makes sense. I could definitely try that… how would you do it? Drill out the rivets then pull both the mast step and the striker post out? Or try to unscrew the post from the mast step?
Not entirely sure how to post phots to these forums directly, so here’s a link to a google drive folder with photos of the striker post:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... HQhuRlwSV8