Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: Removal of RPS rod blocks
Posted by bccanucker on 10/26/09 - 5:40 PM
#1
Hi all: Am in the process of removing all the teak for stripping and re varnishing. I have removed the RPS seat back easy enough thanks to some previous threads but I can't figure out how to get the two small teak pieces off the SS swing rods.
Help please
Posted by Joe Kriz on 10/26/09 - 5:43 PM
#2
It's a snug fit.
Tap them lightly with a block of wood evenly so you don't split them.
Posted by mattgeiger on 10/26/09 - 5:58 PM
#3
If you're talking about the blocks on the sides of the rps where the swing "rods" fit - there should be 4 bolts on each. You'll have to pull the fishing rod holders out to access the nuts on the inside. Those fishing rod tubes are fastened with either 1 or 2 wood screws though the bottom wood plug - you'll need a long phillips.
Edited by mattgeiger on 10/26/09 - 6:00 PM
Posted by Joe Kriz on 10/26/09 - 6:00 PM
#4
Matt,
I'm not positive but I think he said he already had the back off. That to me would mean the blocks are still on the SS pivot rods but removed from the back...
but I could be wrong.
Posted by bccanucker on 10/26/09 - 6:34 PM
#5
Joe: You're right, back is off
Could you elaborate on the taping. If I have the rods vertical, blocks are long ways horizontal--- Tap where?
Posted by Joe Kriz on 11/03/09 - 11:29 AM
#6
Tap on the wood block with a block of wood or rubber mallet.
The ends of the pivot rods is a fairly tight fit into the wood mounting blocks.
Edited by Joe Kriz on 11/03/09 - 11:41 AM
Posted by bccanucker on 11/03/09 - 11:50 AM
#7
Ok, I've got the stupids here. I don't understand where to tap on the wood block.
On one of the edges to try to slide it off the rods?
One the side of the block the rods are connected to?
Posted by mattgeiger on 11/03/09 - 12:18 PM
#8
Hey Roy - Take a pic and put it on your personal page so we can see.
Posted by Blackduck on 11/03/09 - 12:19 PM
#9
Those two pieces should just pull off, nothing can be holding them, other than pressure from the two swing rods. Try squeezing the rods together, or pulling them apart, while pulling the block straight out and away from the rods, should pop right out into your hand.
Posted by bccanucker on 11/03/09 - 12:55 PM
#10
Walter: Thanks a real bunch!!! That worked. I had envisioned that there were screws into the metal rods that slid on to the blocks. It just never occurred to me the blocks slid over the rods.
I was banging away where you said figuring the block was going to split when the first side popped of a tube. Ohhh, that's how they're put together.
Now I'm a happy varnisher