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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 07/04/2007 :  14:50:22  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I bought a couple of the Garhauer mid-ship's cleats for SL and went to install them today. The port one was easy, just slide the jib car off the front, slide the cleat on first, jib car next, Bob's your uncle. However on the starboard track, one of the PO's installed a triple line organizer about 1/8" too close, the car won't slide off:


I thought, "no problem, just remove the toe protector and slip on the cleat from the other end". This however was not to be. I've removed the bolt, but the little (rubber?) protector won't budge:


How do I remove this thing? It appears to be bedded in maybe 5200 (white slightly sticky stuff). My inclination it to try to tap it off with a mallet & a small block of wood, but does it come off backwards (horizontally towards the winch), or up, vertically?
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Response Posted - 07/04/2007 :  16:12:10  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
How 'bout repositioning the line organizer. Or loosen it, slide on the car and cleat, then retighten the organizer. Don't have a clue how to remove the toe. Randy?
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atgep
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Response Posted - 07/04/2007 :  18:05:29  Show Profile
It should just pop off. The track is solid so unless it has tangs under the T section, it is being held down by caulk.

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Response Posted - 07/04/2007 :  19:31:50  Show Profile
Couple of choices. There is anti-bond that will remove 5200. I'm with Frank on this one with a slight change. think I would try to see if the deck organizer would come off and then reposition it permanently so this is never a problem again. Who knows how you might want to access that end of the track with a cleat or something down the road. A bit more work but I think worth it in the long run. It would have been much better if the PO went with a stacked organizer.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/04/2007 :  23:15:22  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Well, we ended up taking Frank's advice. The deck organizer wasn't bedded very well, and the toe cap was, so we took the path of least resistance. I also discovered that the organizer is attached straight through the fiberglass, no oversize holes & epoxy, so, add that to the project list. At least now I understand how the bolts attaching everything work, I was scratching my head over how there could be phillips head bolts on both sides of something, but one's a barrel (the inside the hull part), and the other is a normal-ish bolt. It'd be nice to find a source for them since the deck organizer has a regular SS 1/4-20 bolt & acorn in the center of it.

I think you've got the right idea Randy, I'll add moving the organizer to my growing list of things to do over the winter. While it wasn't a large pain to get the cleat on the track, I do want to have the option of easily moving things around w/o having to resort to unbolting deck hardware to do it.
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atgep
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Response Posted - 07/04/2007 :  23:34:39  Show Profile
How about a picture of the cleat. It seems like it would be very handy for a 250 with the high sloping cabintop.


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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/05/2007 :  08:35:53  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I'll take some this evening when I get home.

It's interesting that the cleats are made by Garhauer, but they say "Forespar" on the side.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/07/2007 :  21:02:59  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Tom,
Started a new thread with the pictures, you can see them [url="http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15786"]here[/url].
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