thanks, but it gets worse.  Just got off the phone with the 
manufacturer.  His tech dept. says you can have it all correct and it 
still may not work because of the degree of the precision of the 
threading itself.  Hayn claims that the quality of their machine cut 
threads is so high that their fittings do not work with some of the 
other brands bodies.

Good salesmanship or not, I ordered the rest of the turnbuckle from Hayn 
and they are shipping today.  Can't keep poor Dana from sailing his 
third Rhodes in beautiful Belize any longer than need be.  If you did 
not get to see his beautiful photo, I have attached it.

stan



Caye Dreams-2-3.pdf

On 3/2/20 10:23 AM, James Nichols via Rhodes22-list wrote:
> Stan,
>
> >From the way I understood them to be is that they should always be right=tighten.  Unless they are installed upside down.
>
> All the barrels are threaded the same, they pretty much only vary based on diameter of the thread, material and whether they are pipe or open.
>
> Every barrel has a left hand and a right hand threading in it so that when the barrel is turned one way, they pull against each other and when you turn the other way, they spread apart.  It is the end fittings that determine the overall application.
>
> The end affixed to the deck is the end that should be threaded normal to where you can hold it vertically in your fist and turn the barrel clockwise to tighten it.
>
> The swage end should be reverse threaded and go into the top of the barrel.
>
> When dealing with the individual pieces the reverse threaded end just feels wrong, but once you have the three pieces together, it all kind of makes sense.
>
> As for the R stamp, probably means reverse threaded because they probably make a swage to swage turnbuckle and have to have swages that are reverse threaded and ones that aren’t.  But every manufacture is different and not all of them mark the threading of the ends.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> James
>
>