Tom, Speaking solely as someone who may be racing against you this season, suggest you swap out the stainless steel backing plates with plastic, caulk with cream cheese and torque to about 50%.
All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Captain of the Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island Yacht Club | City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> On Feb 6, 2019, at 9:18 AM, Thomas Delaney via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Hi listers, First of- thanks for all of your suggestions for rebuilding my navtec backstay adjuster. It was serviced by a shop in Oyster Bay, NY and the local rigger (Jeff Lazar, whom I can't recommend enough) handled the removal and reinstall. So, onto the next project! I've been buying tools as I need them for projects, and this spring I'm going to make sure my keep is securely attached to the boat. Obviously I'll need a torque wrench, a socket, and an extension for the forward bolt at the mast. Does anyone know offhand what size bolt is in the 35-1? Otherwise I'll add calipers to the list of tools. The nuts and bolts are rust free, and the PO replaced the iron washers with stainless backing plates. I can see they were bedded with a some caulking. I am going to remove the nuts, one by one, clean and rebed the backing plates with 4200, and bring the bolts to somewhere below the final torque setting for a few days before the finishing the torquing to 100%. Once that is done and it warms up, I am going to address the leading edge of the keel with gflex, fair it, and paint the bottom. Am I missing anything obvious in the bolt torquing procedure? Thanks, Tom --- Snow Goose 35-1 City Island, NY _______________________________________________ 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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