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Postby rightguard » Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:38 am
I need some help changing the trim line on my 2011 bar. I got the old one off no big deal but can't get the stopper ball back on the new trim line.
Any suggestions on how to get the stopper ball sleeve onto the trim line? Somehow you have to pull the rope threw the sleeve but the rope is too big to go threw.
Can you heat the sleeve up so it's softer?
Plus I forgot to see which way the sliding stopper goes on the line. There is one end that is more rounded than the other... Does that point towards the bar or away?
Any help would be great.
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Postby rightguard » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:51 am
Ok I figured most of it out...
Now the only problem is that when I tighten the screw in the stopper ball it goes right threw the sleeve/spacer. That puts the set screw right against the trim line, which does not seem good.
How do I tighten the set screw without going threw the sleeve?
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Postby Dirk » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:59 am
What is the stopper ball on the trim line for, anyway? I have got the 2010 bar which only has the sliding stopper. It stays in place whereever I put it.
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Postby tautologies » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:04 am
rightguard wrote:Ok I figured most of it out...
Now the only problem is that when I tighten the screw in the stopper ball it goes right threw the sleeve/spacer. That puts the set screw right against the trim line, which does not seem good.
How do I tighten the set screw without going threw the sleeve?
Do you have pics?
Could you slide a small piece of plastic under it? I think what happens might be that initially the screw does not go through the plastic of the stopper, but that it might have penetrated now?
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Postby rightguard » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:18 am
Honestly don't know what the stopper ball is for, must be something about safety.
I think I'm going to cut the old one up and stick it in there. Maybe I don't need to tighten it as much either.
No pics but must be like all stopper balls.
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Postby rightguard » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:22 am
Maybe the stopper ball is to keep you from depowering the kite too much.
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Postby tautologies » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:00 am
rightguard wrote:Maybe the stopper ball is to keep you from depowering the kite too much.
Is it the kind of square one? almost all the way up? If so I think it is for people with short arms that have the bar slide out of reach..though they could just pull both front lines.... I always take it off my bars.
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Postby onein5 » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:05 am
It does prevent you from depowering the kite too much, but I took both mine off last time I changed the trim line and have never ever missed it
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Postby Dirk » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:22 pm
Depowering the kite too much through hauling in the line through the cleat too much? That is something you should regulate by yourself. Depowering the kite too much by sheeting out? This you manage with the sliding stopper. I would not bother and take it off.
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Postby rightguard » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:09 pm
Yeah took the round fixed one off but leaving the squareish movable one... I use that every once and a while.
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