Hi,
I looked thru old posts, and I am hoping that someone can confirm this.
I need to replace all three sheaves. The main seems straight forward, but the spin halyards a little trickier.
We do a windward takedown to the companionway w/ the kite, and the spin halyard binds on the take downs - Heavy air and light air. And, I don't mean a little binding. It is hard to pull it down. I am guessing the problem is with the sheave. However it does not bind at all if you pull down on the halyard in front of the mast...
This is what I pulled from old posts:
The forward sheaves are the same diameter as the main halyard sheaves. On Rhapsody these are riveted in.
Main Halyard Sheaves - Aluminum - Masthead has 2 Sheaves
- New Style Sheave - Heavy-duty w/ integral bushing K-198-7AB4 $ 37.00
So if I buy 3 of theses and drill out the rivets holding the spin halyard sheaves in place, I should be able to replace the spin halyard sheaves and rivet them back in??
Does anyone have any other ideas what our problem may be if not the sheaves??
Thanks,
Chris
