Bomar Hatch Parts Source

[jpendoley]

Snapped the latching pin on a old bomar hatch today. I have three old 1980 vintage bomars on my 424 and love them, Was just getting ready to pull them for refurbishing and now this happens....its the pin that the tightening wheel threads onto enabling the hatch to be dogged down. I've seen gaskets and lenses for sale and even the wheels but not the pins. Any idea where I might find replacements? Picture of hatch below.
Thanks for any help!
Jim

[JimsCAL]

Try Select Plastics also known as Hatchmasters.

[jpendoley]

Hatchmasteres seems to be Lewmar only BUT I just answered my own query-Defender has them in stock. That's amazing considering the hatches are 44 years old!

[00X]

I have same hatches. found new latch assembly on Amazon. works perfectly.

[jpendoley]

I’m embarrassed that I sent out an appeal without looking first. Amazon does have the damaged part, but at almost double the price that Defender sells them for…
Still amazed at the durability and serviceability of a 44 year old hatch.

[00X]

Originally Posted by jpendoley

I’m embarrassed that I sent out an appeal without looking first. Amazon does have the damaged part, but at almost double the price that Defender sells them for…
Still amazed at the durability and serviceability of a 44 year old hatch.

An aside note. Be careful with those non-Bomar plastic knobs. I see that triangular one on the slide rod.

I got some good ones from McMaster-Carr to replace the crazy expensive Bomar knobs. Big mistake. The metal threaded insert thats inside the plastic knob seized up on the threaded stud that connects to the latch. Then the plastic knob stripped itself from the threaded insert it was molded around. I ended up with a crazy tough and impossible to remove plastic knob seized onto the Bomar threaded hatch rod. Ended up having to knock out the metal pin in the hatch to get the entire assembly off the hatch.

I took the seized knob/hatch arm to work and even with a vice and saws could not get it off without destroying the threaded metal rod for the hatch arm. Why i ended up having to buy a new one in the first place. If you use non-Bomar knobs that have a metal insert, lube them once in a while or use some anti-seize so they dont seize up on you.