synthetic rigging termination

[Matt Johnson]

Originally Posted by markxengineerin

Regular old 6061 T6
I am slightly concerned with the long term situation between the anodized aluminum bore and the stainless pin. I will coat the interface with TefGel and hope for the best, but did notice that some (not all) of Colligo's have what looks like a fiberglass bushing in this location.

I probably should have just made the pieces from titanium and been done with it forever, but aluminum parts got done probably 10-20x quicker so it's worth a try like this.

On our aluminum boat - with aluminum chainplates - we used a delrin bushing between the pin for the standing rigging and chainplate. Pulled them off a few times and had no deformation of the plastic. But a GPO3 fiberglass bushing may be a better option.

Matt