To All
Just a reminder that lifting rods do fail if not properly maintained. About 5 years ago the threads on my rod stripped while lowering the Killer Rabbit into the water and she dropped 5 feet into the water.
Periodically check the threads of your rod for wear and be leery of any excessive wobble when installed. Get in the habit of regularly using a teflon lubricant after use. Do not replace the steel nut with a stainless steel nut. However, they have developed a higher grade steel nut which is preferable to the original metal.
Bill Coverdale (SF- Killer Rabbit)
"Richard G. Elkins" wrote:
> Thank you to everyone for the Lifting Rod info. If any of you need your Rod
> replaced or repaired, Carston at Svendsen's welding shop 510-864-7208 will
> be building me a new one while replacing the nut on David Carrel's Rod
> "Speedy Gonzales" using David's Rod for a template. We are shooting for the
> next few weeks. For general information on the Rod, thank you to Phil and
> Christine Oftedahl "Fantasy Girl" sent me the following. The Rod is 3/4"
> steel rod with a 1 inch course threaded bolt of #5 or better material welded
> to the end. The rod is 6 feet long, then the circle hook on the other end.
> Other information is you may want the rod a little longer because you will
> keep cutting it shorter each time you replace the nut. Lastly, the fleet is
> split on #5 nut and #8 nut. The #5's say the #8's bind. The #8's say the
> #5's are to weak. I'm still undecided.
> Good luck to all Rick Elkins Hull #48
Received on Thu Nov 11 08:27:50 1999