[C320-list] Rigging Tie Rods

[Christian]

It's not super precise, but when I rebedded my chain plates last Spring,
and had the tie rods off, I made the nut a hair more then finger tight,
then did 2 1/2 turns, as others had mentioned here.
-Christian
1994 C320 "Canuck" #138
Monroe Harbor Chicago

On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 11:29 AM Doug Treff <doug at treff.us> wrote:

> If you don't get any responses from the list, I would recommend calling
> Catalina. Last time I called with a technical question, I received a call
> back from Gerry Douglas himself with a very detailed answer. This is
> definitely something that would have been specified in the original plans
> and should be relatively easy for them to answer.
>
> --
> Doug Treff
> doug at treff.us
>
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Michael Leschisin wrote:
> > Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend and enjoying better
> > weather than here on western Lake Michigan. - gray and rainy.
> >
> > I’m wondering if anyone has any torque specifications or reference
> > points for the tightness of the tie rods nut that bring the rigging
> > loads down to the interior of the boat and are located behind the settee
> > cushions.  The overall rigging on our ‘04 C320 was substantially loose
> > when we purchased it so I recently tune it up.  One of the interior tie
> > rod nuts was actually finger loose so that obviously needed some
> > tightening.
> >
> > I want to make sure I’m keeping enough load on the tie rods so the deck
> > is not drawn upward due to the rigging load, but on the other hand, I
> > want to make sure I’m not putting too much tie rod load on and forcing
> > the deck downward.
> >
> > Any advise here?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > Michael Leschisin
>