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Ok everybody, help me find a 60mm x 12mm masthead sheave please. I have searched high & low for hours and cannot find this. I have an O'Day Daysailer and according from Rudy at D&R, a few of these boats were fitted with a racing mast which mine apparently has (added stiffeners running down each side of the mast) The masthead sheave is 2 3/8" x 1/2" or roughly 60mm x 12mm.
I sent Rudy a photo of this and he has never seen this set up before. The one that is in there is pretty chewed up and I really want to replace it. It has a 1/4" bore hole and handles the normal 1/4" halyards for the Daysailer. A nylon or Delrin would be nice--not any type of metal. The one that is in there looks like what we called in the military Bakolite (attached a photo).
Make one! Hole saw a plastic cutting board, put a bolt through the middle hole, put the bolt in a drill turn it on, and scrape or sand the edge like a pulley.
Rigrite has a good selection. Didn't look for your size, I know they do have what I would need for my C&C.
I have never ordered from them, no idea about quality of service.
Ok everybody, help me find a 60mm x 12mm masthead sheave please. I have searched high & low for hours and cannot find this. I have an O'Day Daysailer and according from Rudy at D&R, a few of these boats were fitted with a racing mast which mine apparently has (added stiffeners running down each side of the mast) The masthead sheave is 2 3/8" x 1/2" or roughly 60mm x 12mm.
I sent Rudy a photo of this and he has never seen this set up before. The one that is in there is pretty chewed up and I really want to replace it. It has a 1/4" bore hole and handles the normal 1/4" halyards for the Daysailer. A nylon or Delrin would be nice--not any type of metal. The one that is in there looks like what we called in the military Bakolite (attached a photo).
Take a look at the RF-1765. https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=56841
Might need to open up the bore some. In any case 1/4 inch is small, maybe go with larger through bolt, better for bearing surface in any case.
Here is full specs: http://www.ronstan.com/marine/product.asp?ProdNo=RF1765
fwiw I installed some of these that are 4 inch diameter Acetal from Ronstan and so far working great. The bore was slightly too small and I drill it out to fit my sheeve axel.
Note sheeve says max line 3/16, would think 1/4 would be ok, and actually looking at the specs, the rope gets smaller on the larger sheeve, seems there is a mistake, but would think 1/4 inch is ok...
http://www.hdpe-pipes.com/hdpe-pipe.html
HDPE has excellent UV resistance, however it is a "soft" plastic and will not hold up to bearing loads. Being black it will get hot and become very soft...
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