rope trim help!!!!
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Topic: rope trim help!!!!
Posted By: rookie
Subject: rope trim help!!!!
Date Posted: August-22-2009 at 4:25pm
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i pulled the old rope trim out and purchased 1/2" nylon rope to replace it ...but i have tried everything and in over 1 hour have only managed to get about 2 ft back in>>> is there an easier way than putty knives and brute force? 78sn
please!!!! dave ------------- do it right the first time... |
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Posted By: anthonylizardi
Date Posted: August-22-2009 at 4:41pm
| Go buy a piece of copper tubing, I think I got a 3inch piece at Lowes, put the pipe in the rub rail and feed the rope into the pipe. You will be done in no time. If the pipe doesn't slide to easily spay a little soap and water to make it slide. |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: August-22-2009 at 5:22pm
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Pull the boat out in the hot August sun so that the rubber will heat up and become a little more pliable. I just replaced mine about 3 weeks ago and it took me longer to clean all the mildew and dirt out of the track than it did to replace the rope itself. ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: rookie
Date Posted: August-22-2009 at 6:15pm
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thanks i will give it a try.
------------- do it right the first time... |
Posted By: Donald80SN
Date Posted: August-22-2009 at 8:43pm
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Rookie,
I also saw where someone has a thread showing that he used a Boxed End Wrench to feed it through. The Cooper Pipe sounds like the ticket. Do a search and you will see the picture of the Boxed End Wrench. Remember that the search function does not go back but a few months. You have to go to the advance search function and set it to search for a year, I think. I wish it would go back even deeper. Donald |
Posted By: rookie
Date Posted: August-22-2009 at 11:46pm
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thanks Morfoot for getting the ole brain working...went in much more easily! looks fantastic!!
you are the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rookie ------------- do it right the first time... |
Posted By: Hooty222
Date Posted: August-23-2009 at 1:56am
Hello, I did that post awhile back..... Search for (Rub Rail ROPE Install tool)
 ------------- 1986 Ski nautique 351 1988 Barefoot nautique 454 |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: August-24-2009 at 1:04pm
No problem David, glad I could help.............. Naw, I ain't da man but just remember one thing: "You'll only get out of this site what your able to contribute to it!" 
------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
rookie wrote:Posted By: gun-driver
Date Posted: August-24-2009 at 4:12pm
| Is 1/2" the right size rope? I will be putting new rubber and rope on my '85 soon and I thought I saw a tread that said it was 5/8 rope. |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: August-24-2009 at 4:30pm
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I put 5/8" in my '78 Tique... Brad put the same in his '86 SN. I dont think 1/2" is correct, but Im sure it went in much easier! ------------- |