Harken Furler Ball Bearing Emergency

[sully75]

I'm glad I'm not the only dumdum.

[Essington]

Haha, Harken Rain ...

I'm sure I have this nice wooden tool somewhere that I made (for working on the traveler car on my catamaran) to keep the bearings in the car long enough to get them somewhere that they could be removed without losing any of them.

I'm currently working on reassembling a harken furler that my buddy mistakenly "disassembled" and experienced that very issue. This one is off the boat though, so reassembly is much easier.

[knuterikt]

Originally Posted by Essington

Haha, Harken Rain ...

I'm sure I have this nice wooden tool somewhere that I made (for working on the traveler car on my catamaran) to keep the bearings in the car long enough to get them somewhere that they could be removed without losing any of them.

I'm currently working on reassembling a harken furler that my buddy mistakenly "disassembled" and experienced that very issue. This one is off the boat though, so reassembly is much easier.

My Levmar traveler came with a plastic track that is handy to keep for future disassembling / assembling of the car, it's designed so that you can easily put bearings back in.