ARC22 dolphin striker post

thommerrill · Post by **thommerrill** » September 30th, 2006, 2:16 pm

My 22 is about 5 years old should I remove the entire assembly and clean/regrease or just add somemore grease? Also what tension should be applied to the spreader wires for the prebend?

Post by **Matt Haberman** » September 30th, 2006, 2:27 pm

Thom,

You could take the post out and clean the inside of the beam, but it is doubtful that it would be necessary. Just give it some fresh grease and as long as it moves up and down freely when sailing it should not be necessary to remove it from the beam.

In the back of your owners manual there is a section dedicated to the mast and more specifically pre-bend. If you need to adjust the diamond wires, You need to follow that section EXACTLY to ensure that the mast is properly setup. Unless you have unrigged the mast for some reason it is unlikely that any adjustment will be necessary to the diamond wires.

thommerrill · Post by **thommerrill** » September 30th, 2006, 4:19 pm

Matt-

I have not touched the diamond wires but I know one wire has less tension than the others. I will get the manual and go from there.