Just got the first half of my stainless rigging back from West Marine. The new stuff is very high quality. Problem is, the original Ericson rigging was a mismatch of sizes.
The deck u-bolts (chain-plate attachments) vary between .460-.480" in diameter (averaging out to just about 12mm). The toggles and turnbuckles that Ericson attached to these u-bolts are all sized at 3/8" (.375"). See below:
My new toggles and turnbuckle from West Marine are 7/16 (.4375") which don't quite fit over the u-bolts. I figured I could force the fit (it's only off by 3 to 4/100s of an inch), but not sure I want to do that to my new toggles.
Anyone else have this problem?
The deck u-bolts (chain-plate attachments) vary between .460-.480" in diameter (averaging out to just about 12mm). The toggles and turnbuckles that Ericson attached to these u-bolts are all sized at 3/8" (.375"). See below:
My new toggles and turnbuckle from West Marine are 7/16 (.4375") which don't quite fit over the u-bolts. I figured I could force the fit (it's only off by 3 to 4/100s of an inch), but not sure I want to do that to my new toggles.
Anyone else have this problem?