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Old 10-06-2014, 15:08   #1
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Harken stay tensioner

Hello. I am trying to get some advice about stripping down a Harken B500 stay tensioner. I've attached the parts diagram. If anyone has any experience of this I would appreciate any tips. Where to start? What are the parts most likely to need replacing? etc
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Old 10-06-2014, 16:05   #2
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I would just call Harken. It isn't something that I would really want to tear apart unless I had no other choice, a clean work bench, and a lot of little tins to put stuff in.
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If anyone has any experience of this I would appreciate any tips.
An old thread, but did you manage to get any tips or tackle this yourself? I'm in the same boat right now. So far I'm from one piece to two, but with next steps I'm a bit worried about causing damage. Everything seems to be stuck enough that a fair amount of force is required, and before I use it, I'd like to be sure I'm doing it in the right ways.

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An old thread, but did you manage to get any tips or tackle this yourself? I'm in the same boat right now. So far I'm from one piece to two, but with next steps I'm a bit worried about causing damage. Everything seems to be stuck enough that a fair amount of force is required, and before I use it, I'd like to be sure I'm doing it in the right ways.

I got a rigger to do the job for me and got on with something else I knew about. He had done it before and had the special tools. It was in Fiji and not too expensive.
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