Re[2]: Fiberspar twist locks slipping

From: Geoffrey Boehm (Geoffrey.Boehm@wj.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Jun 09 1999 - 11:36:54 PDT 

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From: Geoffrey.Boehm@wj.com-DeleteThis (Geoffrey Boehm)
Subject: Re[2]: Fiberspar twist locks slipping
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     BTW, the whole repair only takes about 15 minutes (though it takes
     several hours for the glue to set up). I just think of it as
     maintenance - I probably spend more money and way more time replacing
     worn lines.

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Subject: Re: Fiberspar twist locks slipping
Author: "Bob Prevett" <prevett@thelma.NVidia.COM-DeleteThis> at INTERNET
Date: 6/9/99 11:22 AM

     
     
I had this exact problem happen to me in April with an all carbon Fiberspar boom
bought one year earlier. For a temporary fix to sail the rest of the afternoon
that
day, I slid off the twist lock sleeve, put a few wraps of duct tape around the
boom
end just below the ridge/teeth, and then twisted down the locking sleeve again.
It
held for remainder of the session. It gave enough additional pressure to hold
the
worn down ridges into the grooves.
     
The next day, I brought the boom back to ASD where I had bought it. The boom
was
bought exactly 1 year and 3 days earlier; they were totally cool about it and
fixed
for me for free under warranty. They had the required parts for the repair, and
also
for sale for do-it-yourself repairs. He removed the worn out tooth parts, and
then
used West Systems epoxy to attach the new parts.
     
As far as why the teeth wore out so fast on my boom, I really don't know. This
was my
large boom, which is rarely used in sandy conditions. I had been very careful
about
feeling for teeth being alligned in the groove before locking down. It just may
be the
case the these plastic parts are going to wear out fast and thus required
periodic
replacement.
     
Bob
     
     
     
     

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