Freeing stuck deck organisers

[jac]

Any suggestions.

Of the 6 sheaves in the organiser, 1 is stuck. No obvious physical damage, have tried rinsing through, penetrating oil so far without luck.

Is a bit of a pain to remove / replace due to headlinings so keen to explore other options and resort to removal only if nothing else works and even then maybe only in the winter!

 

[sarabande]

possible reason is salt debris / dust / metal corrosion, so hot water, powerful squirt with water pistol or syringe, to persuade gunk to dissolve and flow out.

Eventually they will need dis-assembling one long winter's evening.... Oil tends to act as a medium for collecting grit and dust.

On some models, the main pin can be removed or pressed out. What's the make and model pls ?

 

[mezereon]

Hot water worked for me.

 

[FullCircle]

Any suggestions.

Of the 6 sheaves in the organiser, 1 is stuck. No obvious physical damage, have tried rinsing through, penetrating oil so far without luck.

Is a bit of a pain to remove / replace due to headlinings so keen to explore other options and resort to removal only if nothing else works and even then maybe only in the winter!

Are you using Plus gas as penetrating oil?

If you have an old spare drive belt from something like an ST4000 wheel pilot, cut it open, wrap it tightly round the stuck sheave and apply mole grips to the end. Plus gas for an hour and sit there wiggling it back and forth. If no movement after a couple of minutes, add a bit more plus gas and go and have another cup of coffee, try again. It will move eventually.

 

[ghostlymoron]

I had the same problem. Mine were freed by tightening a loop of rope round them and working back and forth with a little lubrication and a lot of persistence. The cause is salt and grit getting between the sheaves and the spindle. Good luck.

 

[jac]

Haven't tried plus gas, just regular 3in1 - will try the syringe approach with the hot water, not tried that and am sure I have something suitably grippy to put round and wiggle.

This does sound like one of those jobs to do on a warm evening, sitting on deck with something suitably refreshing, wiggling occasionally whilst passing the time of day with people wandering the pontoons!

 

[Georgio]

Hot water worked for me.

+1, I would have a go are rinsing with very hot water and then trying to work it with a piece of rope (try a thin line that is wrapped around a number of times to get a reasonable grip on the sheave)

 

[alteredoutlook]

try vinegar or other mild acid to dissolve the salt

 

[dje67]

One of mine became stuck (not a heavily-used one), so I swapped the lines around so that the sticky one was on the main halyard which gets winched often and tightly. That soon freed it up and I was able to get some penetrating oil into it (and over half the surrounding deck....).

 

[jac]

Had earlier had a kettle load of boiling water over it. In the past had usually cleared mine. However I always used to do it a couple of times a year as a preventative piece and this was seized solid when we bought her. Think the line round and tweaking back and forth is the new trick in the armoury.