Hello,
Was all excited this week - got the upgraded vang - and like a present with no batteries - there is one problem.
The hole on mast tang is 3/16th of an inch diameter. The clevis pin on the vang assembly is 1/4 inch. Now - what to do?
Option 1a -
I could get a new Mast Tang with the correct diameter hole but that means drilling and re-riviting the mast - potentially weakening it.
Option 1b -
Use the original clevis pin - the 3/16th one in the new vang. It has a head that is big enough, but am not sure that it is strong enough - my assumption is that I would bust the boom before I broke a stainless steel pin - but I am not an engineer.
Option 1c -
Drill the hole out to 1/4 inch. Could do this, but if I had a nickel for every drill bit I have melted attempting to drill SS....
Opinions?
Thanks
Matt
Was all excited this week - got the upgraded vang - and like a present with no batteries - there is one problem.
The hole on mast tang is 3/16th of an inch diameter. The clevis pin on the vang assembly is 1/4 inch. Now - what to do?
Option 1a -
I could get a new Mast Tang with the correct diameter hole but that means drilling and re-riviting the mast - potentially weakening it.
Option 1b -
Use the original clevis pin - the 3/16th one in the new vang. It has a head that is big enough, but am not sure that it is strong enough - my assumption is that I would bust the boom before I broke a stainless steel pin - but I am not an engineer.
Option 1c -
Drill the hole out to 1/4 inch. Could do this, but if I had a nickel for every drill bit I have melted attempting to drill SS....
Opinions?
Thanks
Matt