[C320-list] Rub Rail Loose

[Pat Moriarty]

I have had it come out and replaced it with lots of labor, but I also 
replace the complete thing and that is a real job. Plastic will 
shrink with age and the softer ones tend to harden with age, so if 
your is loose it is easy to put back in with lots of hand labor and 
maybe a mallet but don't use tools or you will scratch the anodized 
aluminum strip. Once it gets too old and has shrunk you will find 
that you have to put it back in more often and that is why I replaced 
mine. Got into a big argument with Catalina about the stuff they sent 
me and proved myself correct so Jerry sent me a letter of apology and 
thanks for straighting out the parts supplier. How do you sand it 
without damage to the aluminum????

Pat #130


At 09:20 AM 5/19/2008, you wrote:
>Irv,
>I had that problem and was able to get it back in by the judicious of a
>plastic 1" paint scraper and a rubber mallet.
>Bruce
>Somerset #671 SoCal
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Irving Grunes
>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 6:42 AM
>To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>Subject: [C320-list] Rub Rail Loose
>
>Hi,
>
>We had a four foot section of rub rail material pop out of the metal holder.
>
>What systems have been used in the past to get the the "rubber" part of the
>rail back into it's metal groove?
>
>Irv Grunes
>2oo1 #851

Pat Moriarty
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