[C38] Seafurl grease

[Max Soto]

Steve, I have  work with these furlers. Usually they have been assembled with the loctite provided by the manufacturer, so the bolts on the extrusions usually come out 
easily... If not, you will have to drill the heads of the bolts and then take the splice piece to a shop for the removal of the remains. 
If you are planning to replace the furler soon, just drill through the splice and use regular aluminum rivets. There's no reason why they won't last several seasons.   Mine is a hood 900sl, and all the extrusions are joined by aluminum rivets (special rivets from hood, but the only difference is that the can be riveted with a hammer)
  Send me a pic of your furler, I might have the manual on pdf. 
I haven't done it yet, but in cases like yours, I was thinking to cut the wire right on the edge of the upper terminal, then join with tape the new wire without the lower terminal installed (I always use swageless terminals on the turnbuckle side)and push the wire until the new one comes out on the opposite side. If you are lucky and careful, It might work. If not, just start the disassembling process as you planned to.... 
I'm going to try this on a Harken unit next month. 
Hope this helps!
Regards, max
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On May 26, 2011, at 20:21, Steven Ribble <steve.ribble at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, Tittravate hit the water yesterday...yay! However, Tuesday my rigger and I discovered the forestay was bird caged at the top...so I need to replace the forestay. We thought we could slide the old stay out of the [original Hood] furler but apparently each of the furler sections has set screws into the stay, so we need to take it apart.  A new stay wasn't in the budget, (my refit to add the rigid vang and lead all the mainsail controls to the cockpit came out well but tripled that budget when it was all said and done) but it needs to be done.  What I'm worried about is that the screws are going to be seized and I'll end up needing a new furler...and that's definitely not in the budget.
> 
> So my question is, has anyone taken the hood Seafurl apart? And, how did it go and is there any advice from having done it?  Any help would be extremely appreciated. 
> 
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