Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA226141605; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:06:49 -0700 Return-Path: <prevett@thelma.NVidia.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA053291592; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:06:32 -0700 Received: from thelma.NVidia.COM (nvgate.nvidia.com [140.174.105.2]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id LAA03340 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:06:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from NotesServices.nvidia.com (notes [172.16.30.55]) by thelma.NVidia.COM (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA05084; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:55:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by NotesServices.nvidia.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.3 (733.2 10-16-1998)) id 8825678B.00627DF9 ; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:55:47 -0700 X-Lotus-Fromdomain: NVIDIA From: "Bob Prevett" <prevett@thelma.NVidia.COM-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Cc: "Bob Prevett" <prevett@nvidia.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <8825678B.00627CF1.00@NotesServices.nvidia.com-DeleteThis> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:48:53 -0700 Subject: Re: Fiberspar twist locks slipping Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline
I had this exact problem happen to me in April with an all carbon Fiberspar boom
bought one year earlier. For a temporary fix to sail the rest of the afternoon that
day, I slid off the twist lock sleeve, put a few wraps of duct tape around the boom
end just below the ridge/teeth, and then twisted down the locking sleeve again. It
held for remainder of the session. It gave enough additional pressure to hold the
worn down ridges into the grooves.
The next day, I brought the boom back to ASD where I had bought it. The boom was
bought exactly 1 year and 3 days earlier; they were totally cool about it and fixed
for me for free under warranty. They had the required parts for the repair, and also
for sale for do-it-yourself repairs. He removed the worn out tooth parts, and then
used West Systems epoxy to attach the new parts.
As far as why the teeth wore out so fast on my boom, I really don't know. This was my
large boom, which is rarely used in sandy conditions. I had been very careful about
feeling for teeth being alligned in the groove before locking down. It just may be the
case the these plastic parts are going to wear out fast and thus required periodic
replacement.
Bob
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