I know it's not a hard fix, a bit of a fiddle and you can vastly improve it, ie by fitting a roller thrust bearing instead of the standard graunchy old washers.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.
I found it at first difficult to rotate the mast which, on investigation was found to be due to the foot being out of true. I lowered the mast, removed the foot, clouted it judiciously with a hammer to bring it back in to alignment with the longitudinal securing bolt, ensured that the rotational bolt was secure and that the mast rotated easily, then raised the mast again. So far so good. I am experimenting with putting a nylon flat washer between to s/s washers to ascertain whether this improves the rotational abilities of the mast.
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I know it's not a hard fix, a bit of a fiddle and you can vastly improve it, ie by fitting a roller thrust bearing instead of the standard graunchy old washers.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.
I found it at first difficult to rotate the mast which, on investigation was found to be due to the foot being out of true. I lowered the mast, removed the foot, clouted it judiciously with a hammer to bring it back in to alignment with the longitudinal securing bolt, ensured that the rotational bolt was secure and that the mast rotated easily, then raised the mast again. So far so good. I am experimenting with putting a nylon flat washer between to s/s washers to ascertain whether this improves the rotational abilities of the mast.
Navigation is a series of plots. In fog the plot thickens...