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1grndslr
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Initially Posted - 02/12/2004 : 13:39:14

I have just purchased a CDI FF4 furling system for my 86 FK/TR.
Looked at the directions and decided I needed help. Anybody have hints or suggestions for installation?

Thanks.

ted childs #5272

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 02/12/2004 : 14:03:39

1. First - Your mast should be down. It is theoretically possible to install a CDI furler with the mast up, but it is MUCH more difficult.
2. Remove the headstay and detach the turnbuckle body.
3. Put the black plastic cap onto the top of the foil, and lay out the headstay and the foil side by side on the ground, as straight as possible, with the eye on the top of the headstay even with the top of the black plastic furler foil cap
4. Mark the bottom of the foil with a felt tip pen at the point that is even with the end of the headstay stud.
5. Cut the foil with a hacksaw at the mark you just made.
6. Thread the headstay through the black plastic cap and down the foil all the way until the eye at the top of the headstay is touching the cap. You should see the stud poking a little out of the bottom of the foil.
7. You want to have about 3/4 of the headstay bottom stud threads exposed when the eye of the headstay is touching the cap on top. Trim a little more of the foil until this is achieved.
8. Assemble everything on the ground to check for fit and function. If necessary, trim a little more off the bottom of the foil. When everything is all assembled and the furler drum is sitting in the bottom of the cup, the headstay eye should poke 1/2" to 3/4" out of the cap. You want that black plastic cap to rotate against the swage eye fitting, not the bare wire, which is why you were very careful not to trim too much off the foil at first. Good luck and remember: "MEASURE EVERYTHING TWICE OR THREE TIMES BEFORE YOU START CUTTING"

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 02/12/2004 : 15:22:28

<font size="6">See recent posts deqaling with measuring the foil for the cdi-ff4.</font id="size6">

You may also measure the foil, and I don't have that information with me. cdi instructions are pretty clear, and the length of the luff foil is dependent upon whether you have a tall rig or standard rig, and I suspect a c25 or 250.

Very important to measyre two or three times, and when you get your saw make sure you are cutting at the right spot. If you err, you want the foil too long so you can take off extra length, but you cannot put on extra length!

Approach the project with care, and when you raise the mast and attach your roller furler Jenny, you will love it!

Good luck!

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1grndslr
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 10:38:00

Thanks, Don and Larry. It is a little scary, knowing you have to get it very right.

I'll give a try. Are two people enough to do the job?

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 : 15:33:26

I just installed a Schaeffer furler and one thing that made it easier was to straighten out the plastic foil (I tied it along the top of a fence in the sun) to get the curl out of the plastic. I also installed an extra toggle at the top of the headstay so as not to stress the forestay when derigging and trailering

Good luck and have fun

Before I cut I actually put my forestay next to the foil just to make sure it was right. Talk about paranoid.

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