Pogo 30 Owner's Manual page 42

Axxon Composites
c. Place the spreaders and insert the barrel pin from the top after you coated it with Tef-
Gel.
d. Screw the nuts and secure with the split pins.
Assembling the fix spreaders
a. Remove the bushing from the spreader bar.
b. Place the diagonals cables along the mast.
c. Coat rods heads and stemballs with Tef-Gel and place the stemballs in the spreaders
bars. Put the bushing back in the spreader bar.
d. Look at the logo at the outboard end of the spreaders to identify port and starboard.
e. Place the spreaders and insert the hollows pins through the top, after coating it with Tef-
Gel.
f. Secure it with the split pins.
Assembling the captang
a. Lubricate the rods heads, the stemballs, the cups and the thread with Tef-Gel.
b. Screw the tie bar on the portside tang.
c. Place the rods perpendicularly to the mast.
d. Insert the tie bar into the mast and pay attention to the position of the messenger.
e. Screw the starboard's tang at maximum. On their finale position, the rods have to be
facing down.
Assembling the spreaderbends
a. Place the spreaderbends in their seats at the spreader tips.
b. Make a lashing with dyneema 1mm to secure them in place.
c. Tighten the lashing on the boat when the mast is tuned.
Assembling the tipcups
a. Dismantle the tipcups completely and pay attention not to lose the locking screws and
the plastic balls.
b. Coat the rods heads, the stemballs and the threads with Tef-Gel.
c. Pull the lower part of the tipcups through the hole in the spreader tips.
d. With a pin spanner wrench screw the lower part of the tipcup in the upper one, until the
holes for locking screw are aligned.
e. Screw the longest locking screw with Loctite 270.
f. Place the tipcup in the spreader with the screws in the groove.
g. Screw the locking nut on the lower part of the tipcup with a pin spanner wrench.
h. Screw the two locking screws using Loctite 270 and do not forget to insert the plastics
balls first.
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