No, stick it in at the pin. Mine came up quite easy. Make sure there isn’t strain on the car
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 15, 2019, at 9:49 AM, WILLIAM WALKER via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Tom, can you be more descriptive? Blade between track and bottom of car? > Bill Walker > > > > On Thursday, August 15, 2019 sancton.tom via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Had the same thing happen to me this week. Took the edge of a knife and pried > up the pin enough to move it out of the hole and then inserted the pin back > through the hole. Took maybe 5 minutes > > Good luck > > Tom Sancton > M/S MORNING LIGHT > DYC > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Date: 2019-08-15 12:11 AM (GMT-04:00) > To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Merriman Car stuck > > The car is most likely not special and easily replaced. If push comes to > shove an angle grinder will make short work of the car and allow for removal. > > Short of destroying the car I would attempt to slip a thin dental pick down > the slot between the pin and the car. Try to catch the hole in the pin for > the ring. Maybe, maybe not. If it is a tight interface then probably not. > You could also try drilling and tapping the pin so that you can put a small > machine screw in it and then use pliers to pull the pin out. I imagine that > the pin may try to spin as the drill bit or tap begins to bite. To help > prevent this attach a line to the car so as to side load it and put pressure > on the pin against the track hole. > > Good luck, > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 10:32 PM Jim Reinardy via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > One of my crew decided to help out by changing out a bent ring on the pin > holding the jib car in place on the track. Unfortunately, he forgot to move > the car away from the hole and the spring retracted the pin down into the > hole once the ring was off. The top of the pin is now flush with the top > of the car. Fortunately, the car is in a commonly used place, but at some > point I would like to be able to move it again. Anybody dealt with this > situation before? This is our 30-2 with Merriman jib cars that I believe > were standard on these boats. Thanks for any suggestions! > > Jim Reinardy > C&C 30-2 “Firewater” > Milwaukee, WI > > Get Outlook for iOS > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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