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| Author: | gary eudy [ Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | My ball is always loose |
Is there any way to tighten the mast rotator ball and keep it from turning I live in fear that it wolk out and let the mast fall I have used vice grips silicone 5200 The ball still turns Hobie 21 SE December got the boat on the trailer ball would only move a little bit My ball was not in danger of coming off I will try Matt's idea to polish the base I might try some Loc tite blue |
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| Author: | mmiller [ Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My ball is always loose |
Polish the mast base cup and use some grease to make that connection slip easier. |
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| Author: | Rockets [ Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My ball is always loose |
Nothing worse than having loose balls.... |
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| Author: | hobie21dan [ Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My ball is always loose |
Or loosing the LONG Shaft attached to it when it ball falls off. Sorry, I couldn't resist.... Dan |
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| Author: | andercranster [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My ball is always loose |
Hm, I'd think that wrapping a largish sized wide rubber band around that shaft could keep it from slipping through the holes if the ball came off. |
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| Author: | spesce [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My ball is always loose |
Unknowing to me, when I purchased the boat and was dry rigging in the yard my ball was loose. I raised the mast and lowered two times with no problem. I then lowered the mast with no support behind the rear trailer mast support and this caused an uplift on the ball and it came off....Scared the $#^&*($% out of us when the mast fell to the ground and luckily no one was hurt. I purchased a new ball and I used one of those Craftsman rubber band wrenches to tighten and it worked great. The ball is still tight and I check everytime before I hook the mast to it. I would not use vice grips as this would marr the surface. |
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