The Original was Riveted On
Peter: The rollers on my 1980 travler car had some bad spots on them so that they didn't roll on the 5/8 diameter travler rod. There are 3 rollers on the travler car, 2 on the bottom, and a smaller one on the top. I made some new delrin ones to replace mine which were falling apart. The original ones were riveted to two triangular pieces of stainless steel. There are stainless steel sleeves that the rollers rotate around. I drilled out the rivets and replaced them with stainless steel screws, and self locking nuts. I put my boat into the water last Saturday, and sailed it on Sunday and the travler worked much better. From your article, it sounds like you don't have a travler car at all. You won't have to touch the S.S. travler bar. Even if you get a new travler car that's riveted, the top roller is assembled with a stainless steel bolt and a self locking nut, so you could spring the travler car apart and over the rod, then replace the little roller on the top. I also would like to know if there are any used parts for C-22s. There are parts that I would like to add that I want to match exactly the original parts on my boat, not with new parts, specifically the cam cleats to the jib sheet winches. Aldo