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John J.
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Initially Posted - 04/16/2005 :  15:35:07  Show Profile
Today I removed the mast-step in order to install the mast-step plate I bought from CD. I noticed the front two screws are sheared off,( both of them ), at about 1/4 of the length of the screw. The aft two screws are normal stock length. Is this somthing Catalina did to keep the screws from poking thru into the cabin? Has anyone else seen this?
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 04/16/2005 :  17:08:23  Show Profile
>at about 1/4 of the length of the screw.

You mean 1/4 of the screw was cut off... or 1/4 remains?

I'm guessing 1/4 of the length was cut off... if so, I think your reasoning is probably correct... dinna want to poke into/through the liner. If 1/4 remains, somebody's probably sheared them off in the past.
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bbriner
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Response Posted - 04/16/2005 :  20:54:42  Show Profile
John J
I found the same on the two forward screws when I did that to my '84 C25. I used 3M 4200 on everything and put them back in. That was a month ago and I've been out 4 times since then .. so far so good

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John J.
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Response Posted - 04/17/2005 :  09:57:29  Show Profile
1/4 of the screw was cut off
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 04/17/2005 :  10:26:48  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
In working on my C-25, I've found factory installed screws cut short to avoid poking through in several places. If you've got assembly workers smart enough to cut the occasional screw to length (which obviously they did), it's probably cheaper than specifying, ordering, stocking, and keeping track of, a small number of odd length screws for a slow moving assembly process being done by skilled craftspersons.

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Dave Laux
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Response Posted - 04/18/2005 :  00:00:16  Show Profile
There is not much load on the forward ones, unless you let the rig down toward the bow, or on any of them when the rig is up. Dave
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