Cant get the car off ! 1973 Pearson 30 traveler track stop

[barret bondon]

Time to change the traveler car for the main sheet. At both ends are stops that haven’t moved in decades. I can now rotate the screws, but nothing much happens when I do. As you see in the photo the screw heads are visible in what I’ll call the “body” of the stop. Inside the body they are covered by a vertical post of a hard rubber like material that does not turn with the screw head.
Turning the screw does nothing to allow the stop to slide out of the track. Gently tapping the stops with a hammer seems to do nothing. I’ve tried Kroil.

 

[Daydreamer]

Re; Track end-stop

The screw might go through the deck and have a nut on the inside.

 

[barret bondon]

Re: Re; Track end-stop

I like that thought. I'll go out to the boat for a look. ( a good quote from Lawrence too)

 

[Stu Jackson]

Re: Cant get the car off ! 1973 Pearson 30 traveler track st

You could also cut the rubber stuff off and see what's happening. I actually took my end track stops off, makes things easier. Heck, where are the cars gonna go? There should be a stopper knot or figure eight on the end of the jib sheet, right?

 

[woodster]

You could also cut the rubber stuff off and see what's happening. I actually took my end track stops off, makes things easier. Heck, where are the cars gonna go? There should be a stopper knot or figure eight on the end of the jib sheet, right?

lol hey stu that is the main sheet car traveler lol

 

[Stu Jackson]

Re: Cant get the car off ! 1973 Pearson 30 traveler track st

woodster - thanks, musta had my dumbo cap on all day!