Using wire loop pliers, bend turnbuckles as shown.
Start the bent approximately 1" down the length of the wire.
Trim excess wire.
Unscrew the "Eye" out of the barrel. Thread nut down until 1/4"
of thread shows below the nut.
Screw "Eye" back into barrel until it stops against nut.
Total length should now be about 2 7/8", see Full Size Template.
Remove the Masthead Crane. Cut (1) 10” and (2) 60" lengths of Rigging Wire.
Insert one end of each 60” Wire up into the shroud exit holes until they come out
the top of the Mast. Using your Kwik Twist tool, that came in your Hardware Kit,
form a small loop about 1" from the top end of each wire.
(See the Kwik Twist Tool instructions).
NOTE: For the rest of this manual, whenever you are to attach a wire with a loop
and the Kwik Twist Tool, as you’ve done here, these instructions will say "attach
with Kwik Twist".
Form a loop in one end of the 10“ Wire and attach it to the bottom of the Mast Head Crane. Form another loop 6” down
the wire and attach to both of the Shroud Wire loops. Finally, pull the Shrouds back out of the Mast until the Masthead
Crane seats into the Mast. If the Shrouds end up too long or too short, or the Crane needs to be replaced in the future,
simply replace the upper 6”wire and not each Shroud.
The next step is to get the final length of the Shrouds.
Put a small piece of masking tape on both sides of the
Mast at the Gooseneck.
Make a mark on the tape 2 1/8" up from the bottom of
the Mast.
Pull one Shroud Wire at a time down the length of the
Mast and make a slight bend where the Shroud crosses
the mark on the tape. Form a loop in each Shroud where
the bend is and attach the Turnbuckles using the Kwik
Twist Tool.
STEP 3
Turnbuckles
STEP 4
Shrouds
FULL SIZE TEMPLATE
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2 7/8"
1/4"
1"
cut
"Eye"
nut
barrel
wire
6"
7 1/2"
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