Addition: the new ones are Goiot

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

I suddenly remembered that my new aluminum stanchion bases are
Goiot. The were the only ones fitting against the curve of the
inside toerail and had a large enough surface to drill three new
holes.

As Lance says, indeed not al the three hole configurations are
exactly the same, so the drilling of the bases had to be done in
situ at the toerail.

I was surprised to see that even with an aluminum toerail and
aluminum stanchion bases, the rail was corroded quite bad after 25
years. (My Freedom is 1981 vintage) Ithink the original stainless
machine screws did that.

Michel

— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, “michel.capel”
<michel.capel@…> wrote:

For my F44 I couldn’t find the original stanchion bases; there was
no
sign of a brand name on them. Digging in the assortment catalogues
of
all main suppliers on both sides of the Atlantic did not uncover
them.

I had my yard man search for new stanchion bases that had a large
enough flat mounting surface so they could be drilled and tapped
according to the existing screw holes in the foot rail.

Stanchions are not so difficult; you can use any make as long as
they
have the right diameter. There are only a few models; these are
pretty
universal.

I’m very happy I choose extra high stanchions. I’m 6’6" and the
F44
has no coach roof or shrouds to hold on to, so you have to rely
more
on the lifelines.

Unlike the original stanchion bases, the new ones were all mounted
with liberal use of anti corrosion paste. The stanchions are
placed
into the bases in plastic sleeves. The old stanchion bases were
heavily corroded around the stanchions, some bases were cracked
open
by the pressure of the white corrosion stuff. I had to drill away
all
mounting screws to get the bases off the foot rail.

michel

— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, Richard Lemieux
<richlem2@> wrote:

Hi All, I am having difficulty locating a supplier of original
stanchion bases and stanchions. Does anyone know who the
suppliers of
these parts are?

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Posted by lance_ryley (lance_ryley@…>)

I concur that the stainless screws caused the corrosion. to replace the
one base that I had to replace, I dropped the toe rail to expose the
base machine screws I couldn’t get to. I found that I couldn’t get a
socket on the nuts, so I ended up drilling the heads off the screws to
remove the screws. The holes in the toerail were quite enlarged.

Lance

I was surprised to see that even with an aluminum toerail and
aluminum stanchion bases, the rail was corroded quite bad after 25
years. (My Freedom is 1981 vintage) Ithink the original stainless
machine screws did that.

Michel