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MurphyPeoples
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Initially Posted - 05/24/2009 :  18:16:45  Show Profile
Okay gang. When I step down the mast on a C-25 - how can you tell the difference between a Stainless Spreader Socket and an Aluminum one? Will it be very obvious?
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/24/2009 :  18:57:33  Show Profile
Yes,

The stainless sockets will more or less be shiny. The aluminum sockets will be very dull.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 :  09:56:56  Show Profile
Also, the stainless sockets have a visible weld between the mast plate and the tube, while the aluminum sockets are one-piece castings.
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Tom Gauntt
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 :  12:01:17  Show Profile
Here's a good link to the SS spreader brackets:http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display& Product_ID=491
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MurphyPeoples
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 :  15:02:04  Show Profile
Pinch me. I think the C-25 I made an offer on has upgraded spreader sockets.


What do you guru's think?
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 :  15:18:50  Show Profile
Yes, it looks like you have the stainless brackets.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 :  15:25:25  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Yep, those look like the same ones I helped another member install a few months ago. Getting the two pieces of pipe inside the mast in the right orientation was tricky, but ultimately doable. I think it only took us two tries to get it right.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/25/2009 :  15:42:09  Show Profile
By 1985 (my boat), Catalina had switched to the stainless. I don't know how much earlier it was.
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Tom Gauntt
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Response Posted - 05/26/2009 :  09:01:58  Show Profile
My '82 has the stainless steel spreader brackets, but I do not know if they are original. I suspect they are, however.
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