Re: CDI Furler - plastic bearing

SolarFry@aol.com
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 23:49:42 EDT


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Inside the CDI drum is a very thick plastic washer which serves as a bearing
for the CDI. If you wish to make it easier yet to furl you can replace said
washer with a stainless steel bearing from CDI.

bEST
SF

In a message dated 9/27/99 7:59:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
JBlumhorst@aol.com writes:

<< The Potters usually come with a CDI model FF1 (since early 99) or Mini-ST
(pre-99). Neither one of those two models has a spring inside. Both models
DO have a 10" open body turnbuckle inside, but no spring.

You can look inside the drum at the bottom if you remove the long 1/4"
clevis
pin that goes thru the neck of the drum and the bottom of the extrusion
Remove the circular clip from the clevis pin and slide the clevis pin out.
Then you can slip the drum up along the extrusion, exposing the inside. You
should do this periodically to check on the turnbuckle -- be sure it has two
cotter pins keeping it set at the correct length.

The power to wrap the sail around the extrusion is provided solely by the
line wrapped around the drum at the bottom. You start with the sail rolled
up on the furler with 3 to 6 extra wraps of the jig sheets around the sail,
with the UV protection showing on the outside.. As you pull on the jib
sheets to unwrap the sail, the furling line gets turned around the black
plastic drum.

To furl the sail, you pull on the furling line that is already wrapped
around
the drum. As it unwraps from the drum, the sail rolls up. You need the
extra
wraps I mentioned in the previous paragraph in case the sail wraps up
tighter
than before.

You can call CDI at 978-922-2322 (east coast time zone) and request a manual
for your CDI.

Best,
Judy B >>