Mainsheet traveler replacement?
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:43 pm
Seems that everything I touch on this boat ends up as more $$ thrown in the hole in the water.
One of the traveler cams was loose and the spring must have broke/fallen out or something since the cam just flopped around and non-functional. I tried to remove the whole traveler to work on it, and stupidly discovered that it can't just come off without exploding small bearings all over the place. The traveler was pretty old and in need of replacement anyway, but my blunder just confirmed that a new one would now be needed.
Looking around it seems the only place that carries it, proudly priced this thing at just under $250.
https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/4006-1m0.htm
I'm assuming that it comes with the track and everything, but I don't need that just the sliding assembly with the cams.
Does anyone know if there are equivalent replacements for this? Parts for a rebuild? Source for used Macgregor parts?
Tom
Comes apart nicely, but the bearings only come out once.
One of the traveler cams was loose and the spring must have broke/fallen out or something since the cam just flopped around and non-functional. I tried to remove the whole traveler to work on it, and stupidly discovered that it can't just come off without exploding small bearings all over the place. The traveler was pretty old and in need of replacement anyway, but my blunder just confirmed that a new one would now be needed.
Looking around it seems the only place that carries it, proudly priced this thing at just under $250.
https://shop.bwyachts.com/product-p/4006-1m0.htm
I'm assuming that it comes with the track and everything, but I don't need that just the sliding assembly with the cams.
Does anyone know if there are equivalent replacements for this? Parts for a rebuild? Source for used Macgregor parts?
Tom
Comes apart nicely, but the bearings only come out once.