Traveller Trouble.....

[gardenshed]

My Lewmar 1986 vintage traveller has bitten the dust.
It is a Number 3 size, four rollers per side fitted to a grand soleil 39.
I can't get any spares from Lewmar and the new cars don't fit the track that I have. So I am either looking at getting a new track, car, cleats & blocks or finding spares from somewhere or getting replacement rollers made up.
I'll post photos of the car and the rollers and If anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this car or source spares for it, I'd appreciate the advice.

 

[gardenshed]

Hopefully the photos will work this time

 

[savageseadog]

Buy some Delrin rod off ebay, if you can't machine them yourself get someone else to do it.

 

[yogi]

Pay your local machine shop 20 pounds or send Lewmar 300 pounds end result is the same

 

[flaming]

If you're happy spending the money rip it out and put the Harken traveller in. Been racing the Hamble winter series on mainsheet and the boat has this kit. It's flipping marvelous.

No connection to Harken etc etc.

 

[pandos]

Got the job done this year for 20 euros, heres how.

find local supplier of delrin/nylon/ptfe. ask them for name of small engineering shop to get job done.


tony

 

[fishermantwo]

They look suspiciously like the Delrin wheels you see on the seat mechanisms on "70's cars.