I have an '88 C-22 with a Harken roller furl system. The Jib on it is a 135.
Recently I did some repairs and line replacements on my vessel. One of the repairs was to replace the top shackle of my forestay (it had a crack). After stepping the mast back in place and re-tuning the standing rigging, I also replaced all of my running rigging lines, including the furler line. I thought I replaced it running the same direction around the inside of the drum as it was before and the sail remained wrapped the same direction as well. But when I went to deploy the sail, it unrolled fine, but the line would not roll the drum more than two turns to haul the jib back in. I spent an hour messing with wrap directions and came to the conclusion that the drum simply will not turn more than two turns clock-wise. While it turns freely counter clock-wise.
I have checked all the other connections and they are exactly as they were before I dropped the mast. The halyard is the right tension, there is no noticeable sag in the forestay from the weight of the jib, the sail is fed right in the slot, the bottom is connected the same.
So my logical deduction is that there must be something wrong with the drum.
Is there something blatantly obvious I am missing? Or is there a mechanical problem inside the roller drum itself?
Recently I did some repairs and line replacements on my vessel. One of the repairs was to replace the top shackle of my forestay (it had a crack). After stepping the mast back in place and re-tuning the standing rigging, I also replaced all of my running rigging lines, including the furler line. I thought I replaced it running the same direction around the inside of the drum as it was before and the sail remained wrapped the same direction as well. But when I went to deploy the sail, it unrolled fine, but the line would not roll the drum more than two turns to haul the jib back in. I spent an hour messing with wrap directions and came to the conclusion that the drum simply will not turn more than two turns clock-wise. While it turns freely counter clock-wise.
I have checked all the other connections and they are exactly as they were before I dropped the mast. The halyard is the right tension, there is no noticeable sag in the forestay from the weight of the jib, the sail is fed right in the slot, the bottom is connected the same.
So my logical deduction is that there must be something wrong with the drum.
Is there something blatantly obvious I am missing? Or is there a mechanical problem inside the roller drum itself?
