Shawn,

I visited Jay this morning and took a couple of photos of his spreader
bushings. Many thanks to Jay for seeing my post last night and allowing me
to visit to see the parts for myself before he launches tomorrow. I'm going
to try to attach the photos to this post.

It seems to me the bushings are dual purpose: 1) rubber bushing to prevent
the spreader bar socket from rubbing on the mast and 2) shim to compensate
for the curvature of the mast. As my temporary replacement for the
bushing/shims I used toilet shims that I bought at a hardware store; they
are almost exactly the same size and pitch as the factory parts, although
they are probably of an inferior rubber. Certainly they better than not
having a bushing there at all. 

The shim appears to be oriented with thick side forward (thin side aft). 

Chris
Spreader_Shim1.jpg
Spreader_Shim2.jpg





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