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Never mind. That won’t work because it’s the collar that’s dragging not the feruling ring

Thanks and I’ll check. I haven’t replaced one and measured so they are the same length. Maybe I should bend one a little on the side that’s dragging so it pulls more. What do you think?

I installed the tailbone and adjusted the lever angles on the tower and it works but not real well. It’s still tight on one side but I can at least make it go up. The problem now is that it sticks and doesn’t want to fall back down when the brake is turned off and I have pull it down which is going ...

Thanks guys for your comments. I’m pretty sure that the mast pipe isn’t bent. I’ve replaced the old one with this new one that I ordered on eBay. I’m going to install the tail bone when it quits raining and hopefully that will fix the problem (but I’m not complaining because it’s been hot and dry ...

Yes the brake works if I push it up by hand or force the collar up with the handle. It appears that the arms that drive the collar up pushes it off to one side rather than straight up causing it to drag hard on one side of the mast. You can see how it screws screws scrapes the mast on one side in ...

I’ll try again

I have tried to attach photos but if you can’t see them let me know

Thanks for the reply. I don’t have the tailbone installed yet . The upper fuel system works smoothly without binding and has been greased on the mast pipe. The problem is when I pull the brake lever to drive the collar to push the furl ring up the collar pushes up at an angle causing a hard binding ...

I’m rebuilding an A602 windmill. The ferul ring works correctly but the collar ring that drives the ring up and is activated with the brake handle binds on the mast pipe approx 1/2 way up. It appears to be pushing up at an angle. Anyone have an idea how to correct the problem