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- Location
- Northern Vermont Lake Champlain
- Boat Make
- Boston Whaler
- Year
- 1995
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- 18
My breakaway cable was about to break. I could not trust it to do it's job if needed. And I need to have the trailer inspected.
I bought this to replace it. UFP Model A-60 Replacement Break-Away Cable Assembly #32264 .
I did this without disconnecting the break line. Taking it apart and swapping the cable was easy.
I cut the hook off the old one and taped the new one to it and pulled it thru with no problem.
Getting it all aligned to recieve the rear anchor pin was fairly easy except for the black rollers that fit into a counterbore in the reservior anchor point. My grease was not sticky enough to keep them in place and they kept falling out on reassembly. The front section of the tongue holds them in place and until you can slide the front section of the tongue past the collar on the roller it wants to fall out. I drew a sketch below to explain what I saw.
The shape of the roller is highlighted.
I found that using a long thin screwdriver to align and hold the rollers onto the reservior anchor point as the sliding part of the tongue is pushed back to engage the rollers, keeping them in their place. The tongue will slide back enough and stop against a thin screwdriver. Then you can pull it out and engage/align the anchor for the sliding tongue, as it comes in, on the other side of the hole, using the same screwdriver and align everything up. Another sketch.
It took me a little over an hour, but most of that was figuring out how to keep the rollers in and capture everything with the pin. Lastly, use the release lever as needed.
I bought this to replace it. UFP Model A-60 Replacement Break-Away Cable Assembly #32264 .
I did this without disconnecting the break line. Taking it apart and swapping the cable was easy.
I cut the hook off the old one and taped the new one to it and pulled it thru with no problem.
Getting it all aligned to recieve the rear anchor pin was fairly easy except for the black rollers that fit into a counterbore in the reservior anchor point. My grease was not sticky enough to keep them in place and they kept falling out on reassembly. The front section of the tongue holds them in place and until you can slide the front section of the tongue past the collar on the roller it wants to fall out. I drew a sketch below to explain what I saw.
The shape of the roller is highlighted.
I found that using a long thin screwdriver to align and hold the rollers onto the reservior anchor point as the sliding part of the tongue is pushed back to engage the rollers, keeping them in their place. The tongue will slide back enough and stop against a thin screwdriver. Then you can pull it out and engage/align the anchor for the sliding tongue, as it comes in, on the other side of the hole, using the same screwdriver and align everything up. Another sketch.
It took me a little over an hour, but most of that was figuring out how to keep the rollers in and capture everything with the pin. Lastly, use the release lever as needed.
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