[C320-list] Lewmar Boom Car

[Jeff Hare]

Normally it's not even a piece of actual track, just a strip of aluminum
roughly the same width and thickness as the top part of the t-Track. 

Assuming it was an 1-1/4 wide T-Track, then short length of 3/16" x 1-1/4
piece of aluminum bar stock is all you need.  Home depot or a hardware store
might even have a dimension that'll work in stock.

-Jeff
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Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 8:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Lewmar Boom Car


 Measure your track and see if you can buy a short piece from a manufacturer
to aid in removing the car for the winter. Now that I think about it, I
added a Garhauer genoa adjustment system this summer and they sent out the
cars on pieces of track. They might supply some matching track.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Rosenberg <martinlrosenberg at gmail.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 9:12 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Lewmar Boom Car


I suspected that the bearings might mot be captive. I've checked all the
websites and it looks like I'm going to have to use the phone because
nothing is showing for the outhaul car or the bearings. I had thought that I
might remove the car for the winter to make it easier to cover the boat but
maybe it's not worth the worry with the ball bearings.


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:37 AM, <wflowe3 at aim.com> wrote:

> Try Z Spars (US Spar) website.
> I assume that you are referring to the outhaul car. DO NOT pull the 
> end cap off and slide the car off the track until you hace a 
> replacement in hand. I made that mistake on my former boat and was 
> still finding torlon bearings in all kind of nooks and crannies years 
> later. When you get the new car, it will come mounted on a short piece 
> of track. You butt the end of this piece to your existing track and 
> roll the new car on so the bearings don't fall out. As far as I know 
> there would be no way for an individual to put bearings back into the
fitting once they fall out.
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> Hope this helps.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Rosenberg <martinlrosenberg at gmail.com>
> To: C320-list <C320-list at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 9:27 pm
> Subject: [C320-list] Lewmar Boom Car
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> I have a 2001 320 with an in-mast furling main. The ball bearings 
> (Delrin,
> Torlon?) are shot. Does anyone know if they are replaceable and where 
> I can get them? I can't find any info on the car on the Lewmar or 
> Charleston websites.
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