Help replacing sheave divider on a Hunter 26

[MySong]

In the pic below you can see the sheaves at the base of my mast. As some point they had a plastic divider, now they don't. This causes the lines to occasionally jump off the sheaves. I ordered the proper divider from the Hunter Owner Store. The bolt that goes through the center of them just seems to be glued in with 5200. There are no screw slots on the head or anything to grip.

1) How do I get it out to replace the divider?
2) When I pull it out are there any nuts or parts on the other end that will fall into the ceiling of the cabin and be lost forever?

 

[rgranger]

I’ve done this

you need one of these…

go between the sheaves and grab the pin. Then start to rotate it back and forth until the glue starts to give. Be patient. It takes a while. I rapped the side of the pliers with a hammer with the pliers gripping the pin but don’t get carried away with that approach.

 

[MySong]

I’ve done this

you need one of these…
View attachment 205156
go between the sheaves and grab the pin. Then start to rotate it back and forth until the glue starts to give. Be patient. It takes a while. I rapped the side of the pliers with a hammer with the pliers gripping the pin but don’t get carried away with that approach.

Is there anything inside I need to worry about?

 

[rgranger]

It is just glued in like you suspected. 4200 is good enough. The plastic divider I got from SBO only lasted a season before it got brittle so I’d glue it back with 4200

 

[Crazy Dave Condon]

Thanks guys. I had spoken to this fellow
Rob; it’s 5200 hundred that was used. I don’t think 4200 will hold up.

 

[RBryn]

Same problem, but ... What the hell is that?

https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/205156/

It would be really helpful if someone could name that pair of pliers. Many thanks.
RBryn

 

[RBryn]

I know replacing the sheave would be best, but has anyone ever attempted just installing a double block?

 

[rgranger]

Same problem, but ... What the hell is that?

https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/205156/

It would be really helpful if someone could name that pair of pliers. Many thanks.
RBryn

Bent needle nose pliers

And your other question.... I was able to shackle blocks to the mast base when I ran some lines back to the cockpit. You could just as easily do the same and bypass these blocks you are dealing with.

 

[RBryn]

Thanks for the quick response. Yes, I was planning to do the same, but will look at the bent nose plier approach as well.

 

[rs1sensen]

Other than just using muscle, a spray of Debond 5200 remover may help break the seal. Just be careful not to spray it on anything else in that area that you want a seal to remain.

 

[RBryn]

Just got myself a twisted shackle and a double sheave block at the Sailboat wrecking yard and bypassed the built in sheaves. Works just fine.

 

[Crazy Dave Condon]

There are reasons why it was built that way.
with the line and block that high off the deck is unsafe as someone may fall tripping over it. Eventually the shackle will break the seal of the pin causing a leak into the cabin. Finally I have seen the sheet and the 110 jib get entangled when closely hauled

 

[RBryn]

It's mounted to the base of the mast. No perforations. We'll see about the other issues you mentioned. But the best improvement is an improved angle to the line organizer.

 

[Crazy Dave Condon]

See if the line is chafing on the upper cover of the deck organizer