[Rhodes22-list] Anyone know what this part is?

[Peter Nyberg]

I’m with Mary Lou in wondering what’s keeping the tube in place.  You can see some details of what my IMF assembly looks like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH7hYJnoNpM&t=203s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH7hYJnoNpM&t=203s> .  The usual caveats about no no two Rhodes being identical apply.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)


> On Sep 24, 2018, at 12:04 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
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> This is from memory, but I believe the exterior sliding block is attached to at least one and maybe both of the two rings that the furling tube passes through.
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> My thought would be to lower the mast and check out the assembly as a whole. It's pretty simple - but it was assembled in 1998 or before. We did have one screw back out once - I believe it was where the boom gooseneck attaches. We rotated the the ring until we either found the hole or made a new hole (I forget, it was a long time ago) and screwed it back in.
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> I'd be worried about what the tube is resting on now.
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> Best of luck with the repair.
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> Mary Lou
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