traveler car removal

[thetone]

Does anyone have instructions on how to remove the rutgerson traveler car from a 28.5? The nylon bearings have fallen out.

 

[Claude L.-Auger]

Does anyone have instructions on how to remove the rutgerson traveler car from a 28.5? The nylon bearings have fallen out.

Never seen instructions on how to do it but it is a fairly simple job. You need a square shank screwdriver to extract the machine screws holding it. They are screwed into an aluminum backplate installed under the fiberglass by Hunter. Depending on how old your boat is, galling may have happened because of corrosion and thus the SS machine screws might be welded to the plate. The square shank will allow you to put a tool to exert strength on it but be advised that because of that galling you might do some damage to the backplate in removing the machine screws.

My own 28.5 was 10 years old when I had to replace the Rutgerson bearings and had been in freshwater so I had no problem. Good luck

 

[Steve Dion]

I think yhou need to remove the screws that hold the end blocks, Then you can remove the end cap. All of the components should slide off the end.