[Rhodes22-list] Boom coming loose from the mast

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Bob, could you use some Locktite on the nut? Geoff

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> I've had a problem this year with the bolt which holds the boom to the mast
> coming loose. My recycled Rhodes is less than a year old. About 6 weeks ago
> I discovered the boom had come loose from the mast. There is a bolt that
> goes through a bracket and through the block on the mast and has a lock nut
> on the back side -- very difficult to get to because you only have a slot
> in
> the block where the furling line goes through. Because I didn't find my
> locking nut right away, I replaced it with a new one. This one has come
> loose two more times since then. Maybe I'm not tightening it enough, but I
> don't know how to get any leverage on the nut which is very difficult to
> get
> to. Seems like it now takes only 2-3 weeks of vibrations for the lock nut
> to
> come loose! Anyone else have this problem? Maybe I need to find a better
> lock nut.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----
> Bob Weiss
> Beach Spring
> 1998 Rhodes 22 Recycled in 2014
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