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>the upper pulley is some distance horiz. from the center line
>vert. of the mast, then the further the mast gets pulled up, the
greater
>the horiz sidewise pressure on it, it seems.
I have installed an eyelet bolt facing downward in the top plate
of the tower. I replaced one of the thrust bearing bolts with the
eyelet bolt. This places the connection point for the block about
3 inches off the Thrust bearing axis. I use a specially made
clamp on the bottom of the mast which allows the line to attach
about 3 inches off the mid-line of the mast. I have not noticed
the binding problem that K4VUD has noticed.
Tod, K0TO
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