[C320-list] Port side gate stanchion replacement

[Ken Geiger]

Hi Daryle,  I have not removed/replaced the port side gate stanchion but have done the starboard side.  It was fairly easy to remove but reinstallation was a 2 person job and required a lot of cursing and swearing, glue, tape and some special clothes hanger wire tools to hold the 1/4" washes and nuts to get them manoeuvred and the thread started. The larger 1/2" nut was by comparison easy but not that easy.  There was a fibre glass web on starboard side (maybe the same as what you are encountering that did make it much more difficult.  Cutting it out would have helped but I worried about doing that.  I also had some of the nuts and washers fall and disappear forever, so had to get spares.

Good luck

FWIW

Ken

 

 

 

---- Original Message ----
From: Daryl Hunt <drhunt at rochester.rr.com>
To: C320 List <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 24, 2016 3:47 pm
Subject: [C320-list] Port side gate stanchion replacement

    Just noticed cracks in the weld and bend in my port side gate stanchion, the one shaped like an "h".  Bought a new one from Cat Direct.  Removed the microwave to access the forward bolts (easy).  The aft bolts are in the cupboard aft of the microwave but there's a molded in cover for the wiring harness that makes it impossible to get to the bolts.  Has anyone run into this problem?  Thought I'd check before cutting a hole in the cover.thanks, DarylDaryl HuntC320 #660 BelieveRochester, NY / Lake Ontario