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3. Check installation site for clearance.
Attach a standard eye/jaw toggle to the adjuster’s bottom clevis
before securing to the chainplate.
• Eye/Jaw toggle pins have different orientation to
accommodate both fore/aft and athwartships stay movement
so clevis doesn’t fatigue during use.
• Standard toggles fit all Harken adjusters.
4. Mount adjuster rod end up. When mounting, orient pump handle
to your preference.
5. Attach adjuster to backstay.
• Use 3 mm hex driver to remove screw from clevis pins.
• Attach lower clevis to eye/jaw toggle.
• Attach toggle to chainplate.
• Open the release valve and extend the adjuster.
• Attach upper clevis to backstay.
6. Use blue 242 Loctite
®
when installing screws
to prevent loosening.
Bleed Pump
Harken integral backstay adjusters are cycled and tested at factory,
however, oil can become displaced inside adjuster during shipment
or storage.
1. With adjuster in vertical position, rod end up, fully extend the
adjuster.
2. Open release valve by turning counterclockwise and pump
handle for one (1) minute. When complete, the pump and
adjuster are bled.
Installation
Loctite is a registered trademark of Henkel AG & Company KGaA.
Toggle length
Rod end up