The piston in the end of our Forespar running pole is stuck. On the Forespar website, I found a suggestion to soak the end in white vinegar to dissolve accumulated crud. Any idea how long it should soak? Any suggestions about how to prevent it from freezing up again? Forespar is very specific about not letting oil anywhere near this thing.
Running pole piston
- Thread starter daynardi
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I have used vinegar to unstick the latching mechanism on each end of our spinnaker pole. I left each end down, one at a time, to soak in a jar of vinegar, for several days. This seemed to free it up. Then I sprayed in some "Mac Lube" .
Those pole ends have aluminum parts sliding against SS parts, and oxide forms and can bind the latching action.
Those pole ends have aluminum parts sliding against SS parts, and oxide forms and can bind the latching action.