[C320-list] E-Z Glide Adjustable Genoa Car System Failure

[Stan]

Hi Joe,

Locktite & vigilance is the answer.

Stan
#744


On 9/4/07, Joseph A Tamucci <jtamucci at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I installed a Garhauer E-Z Glide Adjustable Genoa Car System this spring.
> This past weekend in 30+ knots of wind the port side sheet block fitting
> that attaches the block to the car parted and the block and sheet went
> flying.  Once we got back to the mooring I was able to access the
> situation
> and found that the threaded collar that attaches the block to the car bolt
> had unscrewed over time due to vibration and jib luffing. It was a simple
> matter of rethreading the block back on the car bolt but  since there
> isn't
> a cotter pin or anything else that I can see to keep it from unscrewing  I
> am afraid it will happen again sometime in the future.  I checked the
> starboard side car system and found that it was also unscrewing so I
> tightened that back up.
>
> I intend to call Guido at Garhauer for advice but am wondering if anyone
> else has had this experience and what they did.  Use locktite for
> instance?
>
> Joe Tamucci   Andante #619
>



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Stan
"Our Little Amusement"
C320  #744
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