Hey Joel asked a good question. What's the best lubricant for turnbuckles?
> On 03/25/2021 6:42 PM Joel Delamirande via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Should the turnbuckle be greased or oiled > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 5:03 PM Nathan Post via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > It may take some searching to find someone who will work on older > > rod rigging but they do exist. Here in the Boston area, North East Rigging > > out of Concord MA has this expertise. Call around and hopefully you can > > find someone in your area who can do the work. Does it save money in the > > end vs going with a newer dyneema solution - I am not sure and it will > > depend on what problems the rigger runs into as they go along? Inspection > > is a challenge if the rig hasn't been taken apart in a while - last year on > > my 1981 C&C34 a lot of my fittings were seized and could not be inspected > > so that did require complete disassembly and reheading all of the rods. > > One rod had to be replaced as did the turnbuckles and the fittings on the > > end of the spreader. The spreaders ended up being a lot of work and parts > > because the threads stripped on a part and no replacement was available. > > Replacement parts then required machining the ends of the spreaders. Also > > the aluminum through bolts in the mast all had to be replaced which required custom machining of the ends to accommodate replacement stainless steel threaded. Including a new wire forestay and harken furler it came to ~$12k for all the parts and labor including setting up and tuning the rig. The rod rigging does seem to last a long time so I am hopeful that this will be good to go for many years to come. > > > > Nathan > > > > ~~~ > > S/V Wisper > > 1981 C&C 34 CB > > Lynn MA > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks - Stu > > > > > -- > Joel Delamirandehttp://www.jdroofing.ca > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
