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Marlins Web Site
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Date: 4-19-2022
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Number of Hours: 11.00
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Manual Reference: N/A
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Brief Description: Adjusting the Skybolts
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I had to take a several days off for a flooded crawl-space under my house. A pressure relief valve blew on a water heater and the valve malfunctioned…Grrr. Anyway, for the past couple of days I’ve been fighting with the locking adjustment on the Skybolts. When I purchased these, I thought I would really like the Skybolts; not so much, now. Just like Van’s instructions for RV-7’s, the instructions for the Skybolt adjustment were nonexistent. I tried calling the company, but the only way you can contact them for support is by sending an e-mail. After a couple days of no reply’s, I started disassembling the Skybolts by removing an O-ring and pushing on a locking pin that releases what should be an “internal” ball bearing about 3/64” in diameter, then turning the lock assembly while holding the pin in-place. After two days of screwing around with these things, ruining five Skybolt assemblies, and losing 6 of the ball bearings; I finally got them all adjusted to the proper closing height. In the units where I lost the ball-bearing, I just epoxied the threads. Done! I bought these Skybolts a couple years ago. Hopefully they improved the design since then. They work well when they are adjusted properly, but I’m not sure I will recommend them to anyone.
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What I Disassembled
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1/4 Turn Assy Correct Depth
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Skybolt Assembly
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