[Rhodes22-list] pop top falling on new Rhodes 22

[Tootle]

I like the washer idea as a permanent fix, but has anybody tried WD-40 or one
of the high tech lubricants recommended by Lou Rosenberg?

Have you checked the mast hole for burrs?  Some fine emery paper may smooth
the entry?

Ed K
Greenville,SC, USA
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Rick Lange-2 wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul,
> I did what Slim suggests for a couple years.  Then I took
> the slider to the hardware store and found a stainless washer that fits
> around the pin and into the spring seat.  
> I think the spring seats
> at an angle due to wear or the way the hole is drilled into the slider. 
> This causes the spring to bind between the pin and the side of the hole,
> thus not fully plunging the pin into the mast hole.  With the washers,
> both sliders pop into place and stay there.
> Rick
>> Paul,
> 
>> 
>> I've had that happen. The pin that holds the slider
> in place is 
>> spring-loaded so you just raise it up and it clicks
> into place. We 
>> learned, 
>> however, that we have to
> push it in a bit more once it's there. The 
>> spring 
>>
> alone doesn't push it all the way home. Since we learned this, we've 
>> never 
>> had it fall down again. 
>> 
>> Slim
> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Daniel Snyder 
>> <dancsnyder at comcast.net>wrote: 
>> 
>>> My
> Lady Grace was built new and delivered by Elton in 2006. My pop top 
>>> problem is exactly the opposite of yours....I can't raise
> it...something 
>>> is jamming. Stan has given me some ideas
> that involve disassembling the 
>>> top and bars underneath but
> I haven't had the chance yet to take it 
>>> apart. Can't
> imagine what happened...the first two seasons it worked 
>>>
> perfectly. Dan in NH 
>>> 
>>> Paul Krawitz wrote: 
>>> > Have any of you experienced the pop top
> sliderspontaneously plunging 
>>> down? 
>>> > On
> one occasion 
>>> > it occurred during furling the mainsail.
> But on another 
>>> > occasion, it happened while heading
> downwind, with 
>>> > wind coming from starboard transom and
> both sails 
>>> > widely out to port. 
>>> > 
>>> > Other than putting a safety quick release pinbelow the pop
> top slider, 
>>> do 
>>> > you have any
> suggestions? 
>>> > 
>>> > I told Stan I thought
> the pin, with only 1/4" inside the boom, 
>>> > was too
> short. And I never had this issue with my circa 
>>> > 1981
> Rhodes. 
>>> > 
>>> > Thanks. 
>>>
>> 
>>> > Paul Krawitz 
>>> >
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