I find it unlike the original sheeves were plastic. Are you rigging each time you sail or is the boat on a mooring? If rigging each time you can inspect the sheeves after each time going out and see how much wear you are experiencing. This is a solution of deferring maintenance until you get a set of rope halyards and also has the danger the wire halyard gets jammed when the sail(s) is raised. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred/ On Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 11:03 AM Gary Froeschner <msogggf@gmail.com> wrote:
To continue my sheaves issue. Yes, my boat does have the wire halyards. The sheaves themselves are failing. They are plastic and have become brittle and starting to crack.
I did not anticipate replacing the wire with rope. In fact, I already replaced the old ropes and tied it to the wire just like the original set up. Obviously, the new ropes are too short to replace the wire too. Ugh.
I did get some new sheaves, but they are plastic and not exactly the same size as the old ones, but seem to work. BTW, they were the second set that I bought. The first set was all wrong, but that’s another story. In my research, it seems that plastic sheaves are not recommended for wire halyards, but that is what the originals were – I assume. Call me confused.
I assume that either I run with this new set up until it fails, or I replace the wire with rope which would be more compatible with the new sheaves. That will be the third set of halyards that I will buy and I haven’t been on the water yet. HA!
I would appreciate any advice. Thanks.