Plastimo 609S furler ball bearings

[zulloboy]

Anyone au fait with the gizzards of these furlers?

I managed to undo the wrong bolts on the drum, and a bunch of ball bearings jumped ship. They are a mixture of delrin and stainless steel, and I don't know if they should be fitted alternately in each race, or if all the delrins go in one race and all the SS in the other? I assume if this were the case the SS would go in the lower race as it takes the full halyard tension.

The Plastimo website does a superb job of preventing me from asking the question of the manufacturer. Very Gallic.

Cheers, Graeme

 

[SvenH]

I suspect that mixing them is pointless but it might make sense that SS is used for high loads and the delrin ones for less high loads.

 

[zulloboy]

Thanks, but I have advice from Ocean Chandlery, who sell the balls, that they are indeed to be installed alternating delrin/ss. And my assumption re tension is incorrect - the tension force is taken by the drum bolts, not the bearings.