I just had mine rebuilt by a Navtec shop in Texas. It now has a very slow leak. To echo what many have said, the so-called Navtec shops don't seem to be able to competently rebuild them. They're expensive.
The ONLY Navtec guy that competently rebuilds them is Lew Townsend in Seattle. I wanted to send mine to him but he was going on vacation. I should have waited. I just bled mine, put some tension on it and took a picture. When I come back to the boat in a few days, I'll see if it has eased. If so, I'll take another picture and start the process of dealing with the shop that "rebuilt" it. In the end, It will probably go to Lew Townsend and I'll end up eating the $$ I spent on the other shop. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 9:46 AM Thomas Delaney via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > My backstay adjuster is losing all tension if I leave it set below ~1,000 > lbs for a few days. It holds fine when I'm onboard and sailing, it seems to > happen overnight, when the boat is on the mooring. The adjuster is an old > Navtec IA-10 unit. There is no noticeable fluid leaking from either end of > the adjuster and the piston is in good shape with no nicks or scratches. > > Can anyone suggest a rigger/hydraulic repair shop in the NYC area that > could handle rebuilding it? Or is the unit so old that I should consider > replacing it with a new hydraulic adjuster or some sort of cascading block > contraption? > > The boat is primarily raced around the buoys, so being able to reproduce > settings quickly and accurately is the most important feature for me. > > Thanks, > Tom > > Snow Goose > 35-1 > City Island, NY > -- > --- > Thomas C. Delaney > 917-337-5524 > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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