David, This past weekend I removed the latch on my forward hatch. I used a little bit of PB blaster and sanded clean the stainless rod (mine was mostly painted). I loosened the acorn nut just a little and with a hammer hit the end of the acorn nut nudging the rod bit by bit. When I got close to having no threads in the acorn nut, I used a philips screw driver to chase the rod the rest of the way. I am not sure if all hatches are the same, but on mine the hinge holes near the acorn nut were press fitted whereas the other end was a free fit. In other words, once I got the rod end past the first hinge, the rod moved easily through the other end.
- Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ > On Mar 15, 2016, at 12:00 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:56:02 -0400 > From: David <davidrisc...@msn.com <mailto:davidrisc...@msn.com>> > To: CNC CNC <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List little A&H hatches on a LF38 > Message-ID: <blu174-w173653ddc91995beb9407da...@phx.gbl > <mailto:blu174-w173653ddc91995beb9407da...@phx.gbl>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > I have attempted to remove the latches from the forward and mid-ship hatch > for lense replacement and was stopped by the frozen fasteners holding them > on. Fearing they would break and and I could not get replacements I stopped. > Is it as simple as PB blaster and some patience? > > David F. Risch > (401) 419-4650 (cell) >
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