Forestay failure

Richard Dickerson (phrrld@ttuhsc.edu)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:09:59 -0500

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Group,
I recently had a forestay that broke several wires and I replaced it with a
new one from west marine. The eye on the mast was secured with what was
apparently 2 pop-rivets 3/16" in diameter. I used standard pop-rivets of
the same size to replace them. This started me to thinking about the
relative strength of the wire versus the attachment. It seems to me that
pop-rivets do not have much strength on tension. Has anyone had a failure?
Also, I put a fuel pump on my Nissan 3.5 so that I could use an external
tank. I had an awkward experience trying to fill the internal tank in a
rough lake and vowed not to have to do it again. Any one had any experience
with this conversion?
Richard Dickerson, Ph.D., Diplomate, ABT
Associate Professor
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Texas Tech U/TTU Health Sciences Center
http://www.ttu.edu/tiehh
806 743-2425 ext 243 lab
806 743-2425 ext 264 office
806 743 2744 fax

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Forestay failure Group,
I recently had a forestay that broke several wires and I replaced it with a= new one from west marine. The eye on the mast was secured with what was ap= parently 2 pop-rivets 3/16" in diameter. I used standard pop-rivets o= f the same size to replace them. This started me to thinking about the rela= tive strength of the wire versus the attachment. It seems to me that pop-ri= vets do not have much strength on tension. Has anyone had a failure? Also,= I put a fuel pump on my Nissan 3.5 so that I could use an external tank. I= had an awkward experience trying to fill the internal tank in a rough lake = and vowed not to have to do it again. Any one had any experience with this = conversion?
Richard Dickerson, Ph.D., Diplomate, ABT
Associate Professor
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Texas Tech U/TTU Health Sciences Center
http://www.ttu.edu/tiehh
806 743-2425 ext 243 lab
806 743-2425 ext 264 office
806 743 2744 fax

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