Deck Organizer Turning Blocks Stiff or Frozen #lagoon400
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Some of the sheaves in the deck organizer turning blocks on our Lagoon 400 are very stiff or frozen completely. To fix this problem it looks like I will have to completely remove and disassemble them ¡ª the bolts through the sheaves extend through the deck. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this problem. To completely remove them do I need to remove the ceiling panels in the saloon?
Thanks Alex SV Seachelle Lagoon 400 S2 #434 |
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The bolts through the sheaves are there only to keep the structure in place and are not supposed to create pressure on the sheaves. There should be free space and the sheaves are suppised to be free to move upward on the bolt for a mm or so. So maybe someone drew the bolts too tight.
Otherwise, all you need to do is to clean sheaves and bolts with wd40 and or water to remove any matter that foules the movemement. I do not see a need to remove the whole contraption unless the bolts are bent, rather unlikely. |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýSuggest start with copious amounts of warm water to dissolve / wash away salt build up inside. re lubricant, various opinions, some like WD40 oily things, work really well shorter term, but these can attract further dirt as slightly sticky. Some prefer silicon based, not oily, but need to use
infinitesiliy small amount (using rags to prevent over spray etc
etc) as any silicon on a boat seems to spread far and wide for
years and makes anything within metres really really slippy. Some of mine, the aluminium had corroded inside and expanded, so jammed them, initially can clean/scrape, worse case (not likely looking at your photos) replace (mine had corroded so far to bend the plate cheeks. Kingsley L470 On 8/09/2019 6:23 am,
ralexbell@... wrote:
Some of the sheaves in the deck organizer turning blocks on our Lagoon 400 are very stiff or frozen completely. To fix this problem it looks like I will have to completely remove and disassemble them ¡ª the bolts through the sheaves extend through the deck. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this problem. To completely remove them do I need to remove the ceiling panels in the saloon? |
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