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I'm wondering about the nuts that hold spreaders to the spreader tube attachment. Are they all nylon nuts or not? I want to replace them and the boat is still in storage. The manual says 1/4" x2 bolts and lock nuts. The photo does not seem to show any washers installed.

Does anyone know the size of the two other bolts I pointed to in the picture below? I'd like to replace them too.

Don't know about the inner bolts, but on my X the spreader nuts were nylock when I got the boat 15 years ago, so probably original.

For the spreaders, I've replaced the nuts and bolts with a stainless trailer hitch pin with wire lock. Takes about 1.5 seconds to remove them for trailering, and no worries about ever slipping out.

For the spreaders, I've replaced the nuts and bolts with a stainless trailer hitch pin with wire lock. Takes about 1.5 seconds to remove them for trailering, and no worries about ever slipping out.

A picture is worth a thousand words. At the very least, 34.

NiceAft wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:02 pm

For the spreaders, I've replaced the nuts and bolts with a stainless trailer hitch pin with wire lock. Takes about 1.5 seconds to remove them for trailering, and no worries about ever slipping out.

A picture is worth a thousand words. At the very least, 34.

lol... not at the boat right now, but looks exactly like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Safety-Coupler-Ma ... 73&sr=8-10

Starscream wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:11 am

NiceAft wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:02 pm

For the spreaders, I've replaced the nuts and bolts with a stainless trailer hitch pin with wire lock. Takes about 1.5 seconds to remove them for trailering, and no worries about ever slipping out.

A picture is worth a thousand words. At the very least, 34.

lol... not at the boat right now, but looks exactly like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Safety-Coupler-Ma ... 73&sr=8-10

I also have these. I'm preparing to replace all my rigging and will use a piece of stainless wire rope to tether them to the top of the lower shroud. The fewer parts I have to find when taking the mast up and down the better. I don't have a swage tool of my own. So I'm debating taking it into West Marine to get it done or buying the tool.

Jeff

C Buchs wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:53 am
I also have these. I'm preparing to replace all my rigging and will use a piece of stainless wire rope to tether them to the top of the lower shroud. The fewer parts I have to find when taking the mast up and down the better. I don't have a swage tool of my own. So I'm debating taking it into West Marine to get it done or buying the tool.

Jeff

I started installing my new rigging yesterday. Here's a picture of how I attached the pins with some 1/16" wire rope:

The guy at West Marine said that they don't do swaging and that I just needed to keep track of the materials I used. I used two one-foot-long pieces of wire rope and one package of oval sleeves. Total cost was less than $5. A new record low for a trip to West Marine

Jeff

C Buchs wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:32 am Total cost was less than $5. A new record low for a trip to West Marine

Jeff

Nice idea to keep the pins attached.

No doubt a record low purchase at West.