[Rhodes22-list] Motor Lift

[Steven Alm]

Hi Ric. The lift always had some side play and years ago I added both
plastic and wood strips in the tracks to try to mitigate that. The round
ears that run in the tracks originally had bushings that deteriorated and
this season the mount popped out of the tracks while I was sailing (I had
to call for a tow to get back to my slip in the marina. Luckily the 6:1
tackle prevented the whole shebang from falling off into the lake!) hence
the new sliders cut to fit without the need for the strips and eliminating
the side play. The aluminum tracks are side mounted to the black strips you
can see in the photos of some sort of composite material, ( I don’t know
exactly what it is — maybe HPDE) and that material is through bolted to the
transom. The 30 year old aluminum tracks are still fine and haven’t warped
or anything so the overall system is solid. With the new, slippery UHMW
sliders the lift works better than ever before.

“Slim”
Fandango

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 5:38 AM Ric Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> wrote:

> Hi Steven
> Nice work!  I have plastic inside the aluminum (1984)channel. It’s about
> 3/8” thick. I don’t see any plastic in your channel. I’m about to replace
> my channels as well and thinking of using stainless steel instead of
> aluminum.
> Any thoughts?
> Also do you know how your 2 channels are attached to the hull and what
> kind of backing you have in the laz if any?
> Ric
> Dadventure.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 3, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ...Also I should mention I think I got lucky that the stopper at the
> bottom
> > starboard side came out easily and not through-bolted in the transom. I
> > could slide everything in from below. Otherwise the tackle assembly at
> the
> > top would have to come off to slide in from the top.
> >
> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:43 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Jesse. I've never really worked with either but from what I've read
> >> UHMW is more slippery and likely to slide better in the tracks. It
> >> certainly was a challenge to get it clamped down nice and tight in
> order to
> >> make my cuts. It kept sliding around in the mitre box! Maybe Roger P.
> will
> >> give us the lowdown on comparison.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:26 PM Jesse Shumaker <
> >> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Nice work Steven.
> >>>
> >>> This is the first time I have heard of UHMW.  Some brief googling (see
> >>> link
> >>> below) shows that this is similar to HPDE, which I am more familiar
> with.
> >>>
> >>>
> https://www.curbellplastics.com/Research-Solutions/Plastic-Properties/HDPE-vs-UHMW
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I'm curious, how did you decide to use UHMW rather than HDPE?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jesse Shumaker
> >>> S/V Zephyr
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:10 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> New UHMW slides on my old GB 6:1 motor lift. Cut the pieces by hand on
> >>> an
> >>>> old mitre box but had to buy the stock and a 1 1/8" drill bit off
> >>> Amazon.
> >>>> Also replaced the tackle cover mounts with new UHMW as well. (not
> shown)
> >>>> Total cost about $50. The motor slides up and down much easier than
> >>> ever.
> >>>> Just in time for snow!
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