Y25 II Traveller car replacement

[Nunavut]

Hello, has anyone replaced the traveller car on their y25 II keeping the existing track and blocks? Looking for instructions on removal and a replacement that could work.

thanks!

 

[Joe]

Why don't you post a picture of the track? That's the only thing that will limit the brand of traveler you want. For instance, Harken uses a proprietary design track.. So if you have the harken track, you're stuck with their stuff. Most companies, like Lewmar, schaeffer, Ronstan. Garhauer, etc. use standard "T" track. But I think there's one or two Euro makes that use proprietary track. Go to the various supplier websites like west marine, that sell a number of manufacturer's and you can tell right away.

 

[Nunavut]

I haven't yet got a photo of the track. But I have been puzzling over the screws on the deck. At first I put down the stubbornness of removing screws without stripping the heads, to being seized. But after finally getting one M5 screw off the deck, and trying a replacement with those the PO had bought, I puzzled over what type of screw I had. The PO had bought locknuts for M5 screws, but they wouldn't fit the one i removed. Turns out the pitch on the Yamaha M5 screws is 0.9, whereas the current standard is 0.8. That led to more research – finally discovering they are pre-1980 JIS screws – which also reveals that while they look Philips heads but aren't, hence the ease which they can strip.

Anwyay, I am replacing several screws for some hardware changes. Is it better to epoxy and re-drill the holes, or will Acetone + 3M 4200 suffice to put new screws new back into the deck? I can't tell if the these old Yamaha 25s have a plywood layer sandwiched, needing a larger hole, and epoxy.