by Guest » Tue Sep 03, 2002 11:01 am
Brooke, maybe years of tightening has squashed the CB pivot "bearing"? The DS II CB pivots on a plastic pin that fits into the pivot hole in the board, this pin is held in place by a bolt through the CB trunk. When set up properly, this plastic pin is just slightly longer that the CB is thick. If your has become squished, or otherwise is too short to work (perhaps a previous owner did not understand how the pin works, and shortened it?), you could either make a new one your self (maybe out of bronze? or delrin?) or call Rudy at D&R, I know he has those pivot pins. I originally thought that the board pivoted on the stainless steel bolt, until I discovered that the pivot pin was slightly longer than the board is thick, and thus realised that when tightening the bolt...I was clamping against the plastic pin, not the CB.
On the DS I, the CB is lever-operated, but I disagree that it is either up or down....the angle of the board is adjusted by only moving it part way up or down, the friction in the lever (clamped between the triangle plate and the CB trunk with gasket in between) should hold it at what ever angle it is left. There is a "lock" to hold it up, and another to hold it all the way down, but the CB can be adjusted between those 2 positions.
Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" (rjohnson24-at-juno.com)