With the aid of the Snap On Impact Driver, I removed the stanchion base
and stanchion (stanchion was seized in the base) and gave it to my dock
neighbor who took it home last Friday.. He is a retired machinist who
has a workshop in his basement. I went to the boat yesterday and the
repaired unit was in the cockpit. I am pretty sure he replaced the
stanchion because this one is not scratched up at the base as was the
old one.
With the assistance of another dock neighbor holding the screw driver on
the two deck bolts, I tightened the nuts below the deck.
Next project?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - #277
Halifax, N.S.
On 7/2/2020 5:34 PM, Dave Godwin wrote:
Rob,
Be careful about pulling the stanchions out of the aluminum bases.
Hopefully yours will slip right out.
ALL of my S.S. stanchions were fundamentally welded to the cast
aluminum bases. I spent may hours/days soaking in solvents and
heating. Wash, rinse, repeat. Did not loosen them one bit. A buddy
with an acetylene torch took a crack at with the higher heat.
After applying the heat, he started banging on the aluminum base to
free it. Which is exactly what happened when the base disintegrated.
That proved to be a costly lesson…
Regards,
Dave Godwin
1982 C&C 37 - Ronin
Reedville - Chesapeake Bay
Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/>
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