INSTALLATION MANUAL. Facnor –FlatDeck furling & reefing systems –Installation manual 2- PACKAGE INVENTORY The Facnor headsail reefing. For LS/LX330 models. Facnor Halyard Swivels| MAURI PRO SAILING. Facnor furler - my. Hanse - Hanse Yachts Owners Forum. There is another point i never realized, but now checked it and it is really interesting. Facnor Spare Parts Need some Facnor Spares? Eurospars hold a large quantity of genuine Facnor spares for all types of systems, including headsail reefing, code 0 furlers, batten car system, electric furlers, mainsail reefing system. We also hold spares for the older SD and R range. These systems were produced for many years and there are thousands of systems being used daily by all types of yachtsmen. Do not be persuaded to change your older system before you call us for spares. All parts are still available and will be for many years to come. There seem to be spate of posts on furling systems at present, so I hope you'll accept one more! I've been suffering similar problems to Para although in my case the predominant symptom is extreme tightness when furling away. I have strong suspicions that the problem lies with a bearing either at the top of the foil or within it and I was planning on dismantling the set-up at the weekend. The boat is currently out of the water so going up the mast is a no no, however looking at the assembly instructions (found on the web) it looks like I should be able to detach the forestay at deck level and drop the furling gear from the bottom. Does anyone have any experience of doing this? If so, is it possible? Any tips or warnings? Its a Facnor SD furling system. Not sure, if mine is an SD. Anyway, it's the one with the non removable drum. But that doesn't matter, since the drum didn't cause me any problem. Source of my problem was the attachment of the forestay. Mine was attached at the bow with a turnbuckle and swaged terminal. Now, the aluminium profile with the internal plastic bushings (or whatever this things are called) and the pieces that connect the profile elements didn't slide over the swage terminal. The terminal was just to big. One solution would have been to cut the terminal off. But that would have damaged the forestay. Other solution was to disconnect the aluminium profile elements and try to push this plastic things out of the profile. To do this you have to unscrew a couple of stainless screws. Stainless and aluminium = not good. After three or so years a couple of those screws were perfectly welded to the aluminium. And since the screws seem to be made of cheap material in no time the heads were damaged with the screw driver. So I had to drill them out. By doing so of course some metal pieces fell into the profile (no idea how to prevent this) which later on prevented to push out those plastic bushings out of the profile. They just stuck somewhere. So at two occasions I couldn't do anything else but taking a saw and destroy two profile elements. I didn't mind, because I don't intend to install that furler again. Mind you, it worked perfectly. I'm just converting to hanked on foresails since I do a lot of racing where the new arrangement works better for me. Anyway, if your installation is similar to what mine was you might face the same problems. Check all those bloody stainless screws in any case before you try something. Ah yes, there are also two or three rivets down at the feeder that you have to drill out. My furler was about four years old. I believe Facnor changed something recently, so depending on how new yours is it might be slightly different. Fair winds Dirk. Many thanks for the information which has confirmed my own fears. According to the installation instructions the foil is threaded up the forestay but I couldn't see how this could be achieved over a swaged terminal. Also according to the instructions, the plastic bearings which are inserted into the foil are split so that the are positioned either side of the forestay and the slid into the foil. So in order to get at the bearings, you have to be able to dismantle the foil.
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