Chrysler/Lone Star LS-13 Lee Board Repair

[mrtransistor]

Make Pressure plate slide bearing
4 1/2" x 3" 2 pieces
screw down aluminum pressure plate over 1/8" teflon to a board
use knife sharp enough to hijack with to cut around aluminum as guide

Make Washer slide bearing
o.d. 3" 2 pieces
for washer, buy this little jig
http://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable ... 37370.html
screw down teflon to a board
adjust id about 2 7/16" , o.d. 3"
I chucked circle cutter into a cheezy drill press
Out pops perfect washer. I think original was nylon or polyethelene.

O ring
http://www.onlineorings.com/index.php?m ... ts_id=1355

Repair wood rot
Run angle grinder with thin cutter disc over appx 6 1/2" square where fiberglass is proud
Aquire solid polyethelene (milk jug) (hdpe) bathroom stall divider material
maybe http://thecuttingboardfactory.com/
Mark hole for lever, drill with forstner bit
Clear rotten wood
Acetone clean back layer of fiberglass
Fill voids with fiberglass cloth
Alcohol wipe & heat treat 3/4" polyethelene 6 1/4" square block
Attach with West 655 epoxy ........maybe quart needed for both.
Fasten aluminum plate with plumber's putty on back around lever shaft hole to polyethlene block.
I have made better than stock mahogany floor boards and tiller. Beautiful.

Links
http://www.racelitehardware.com/

http://www.dwyermast.com/items.asp?cat1 ... M-275+Mast

http://www.epoxyworks.com/26/pdf/Gluing ... _Gflex.pdf
http://www.jmsonline.net/wsy-6552qt.htm

http://www.duckworksbbs.com/hardware/blocks/rl306/ attach new block with blind fastener having expanding rubber section under hull
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/hardware/pl ... /index.htm

http://www.supersailmakers.com/Chrysler ... -C170.aspx

http://www.glen-l.com/free-book/rigging ... ats-4.html

Disclaimers, Legal, BS, further colorful statements
You now have better than new lee boards.
"Your results may vary"
"These are sail tested and bone dry"
"Use all appropriate guards and safety measures"
"This heres what I did"
"Yada Yada"

[EmergencyExit]

Nice info - thanks for posting it !