Seized Mastjack
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:26 pm
Hello all!
I've just acquired a '64 DS1 and am looking forward to getting her on the water. I've also run into my first obstacle.
The mast jack is seized up tight. I've spent a good bit of time with it on a bench trying to coax a little movement without breaking anything. I found some plumbers strap makes a good collar to protect the brass from the jaws of a pipe wrench, but I'm still wary of pushing too hard. Still, lots of PB Blaster and WD40 have been sprayed and not a budge.
The boat sat in a garage/barn for something like 20-30 years. I think it is just grime in the threads but can't say for sure. As it stands now, I can't pull enough tension in the shrouds to get them attached, so the boat doesn't go near the water until I get it sorted out.
Any suggestions? If I can't get it moving should I just shorten the shrouds and add turnbuckles? I'd like to experience everything on the boat as close to stock as possible for a season before I start modifying, but maybe that's not possible in this case.
Thanks for any help.
I've just acquired a '64 DS1 and am looking forward to getting her on the water. I've also run into my first obstacle.
The mast jack is seized up tight. I've spent a good bit of time with it on a bench trying to coax a little movement without breaking anything. I found some plumbers strap makes a good collar to protect the brass from the jaws of a pipe wrench, but I'm still wary of pushing too hard. Still, lots of PB Blaster and WD40 have been sprayed and not a budge.
The boat sat in a garage/barn for something like 20-30 years. I think it is just grime in the threads but can't say for sure. As it stands now, I can't pull enough tension in the shrouds to get them attached, so the boat doesn't go near the water until I get it sorted out.
Any suggestions? If I can't get it moving should I just shorten the shrouds and add turnbuckles? I'd like to experience everything on the boat as close to stock as possible for a season before I start modifying, but maybe that's not possible in this case.
Thanks for any help.