Had the same thing happen to me this week. Took the edge of a knife and pried
up the pin enough to move it out of the hole and then inserted the pin back
through the hole. Took maybe 5 minutesGood luckTom SanctonM/S MORNING
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-------- Original message --------From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 2019-08-15 12:11 AM (GMT-04:00) To: C&C List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Re:
Stus-List Merriman Car stuck The car is most likely not special and easily
replaced. If push comes to shove an angle grinder will make short work of the
car and allow for removal.Short of destroying the car I would attempt to slip a
thin dental pick down the slot between the pin and the car. Try to catch the
hole in the pin for the ring. Maybe, maybe not. If it is a tight interface
then probably not. You could also try drilling and tapping the pin so that you
can put a small machine screw in it and then use pliers to pull the pin out. I
imagine that the pin may try to spin as the drill bit or tap begins to bite.
To help prevent this attach a line to the car so as to side load it and put
pressure on the pin against the track hole.Good luck, Josh Muckley S/V Sea
Hawk1989 C&C 37+Solomons, MD On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 10:32 PM Jim Reinardy via
CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Hello all,One of my crew decided to help out by changing out a bent
ring on the pin holding the jib car in place on the track. Unfortunately, he
forgot to move the car away from the hole and the spring retracted the pin down
into the hole once the ring was off. The top of the pin is now flush with
the top of the car. Fortunately, the car is in a commonly used place, but at
some point I would like to be able to move it again. Anybody dealt with this
situation before? This is our 30-2 with Merriman jib cars that I believe were
standard on these boats. Thanks for any suggestions!Jim ReinardyC&C 30-2
“Firewater”Milwaukee, WI
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