CliffA
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- Dec 29, 2009
- 4,712
- Boat Info
- 2001 Sea Ray 340DA
Name: 'Happy Place'
4.5kW West. Generator
Purchased Nov. 2014
Fresh Water Use
- Engines
- Twin Merc. 6.2L (MPI)
640 hp (Total)
Raw Water Cooled
V-Drive Transmissions
I have a Lofrans Progress 1 windlass....I have recently been going through all my anchoring system to insure it is in good working order.....the threaded stud that the tension finger mounts on had been bent a little in the past....not sure when or how....and the spring for the tension finger had weakened over time to the point it would not hold the rode tight enough in the gypsy...so I bought a new stud, spring, washer, and cap nut for the tension finger to rebuild the tension finger assembly....looking at the job I thought this job should take about 2 mins......
boy was I wrong.....I won't go into the details but bottom line I sheared off the stainless steal stud flush with the windlass bottom plate....so now I have to figure out how to remove the sheared stud from the plate....
I thought about using a carbide drill bit slightly smaller than the diameter of the stud to drill out as much of the sheared stud as possible....then use a small chisel or screwdriver to remove the remaining perimeter of the sheared stud....
anyone have any other ideas how to remove the sheared stud?
thanks....
cliff
boy was I wrong.....I won't go into the details but bottom line I sheared off the stainless steal stud flush with the windlass bottom plate....so now I have to figure out how to remove the sheared stud from the plate....
I thought about using a carbide drill bit slightly smaller than the diameter of the stud to drill out as much of the sheared stud as possible....then use a small chisel or screwdriver to remove the remaining perimeter of the sheared stud....
anyone have any other ideas how to remove the sheared stud?
thanks....
cliff