An old Furlex that i bought

In this series we are going to address the disassemble y , rebuild and installation of a 1989 type a furlex system that i got real cheap off an old mast.

The unit is heavy with ss bearings and BIG .
First do not bend the extrusions, if one or two are already bent avoid any further damage by placing the entire unit on a flat surface. This unit as with all furlers they where not designed to be disassembled , so follow my steps and avoid my mistakes and you will be fine.
Measure your head-stay and determine how long it has to be. If the used furler is at least 2 to 3 feet longer your in luck, if its any shorter you will need to buy a new head-stay cable. as you will see later as the project progresses

The top of the stay with the trim removed

 A strait section

 A bent section

 this is margenal

 the old luff tape opening.this part is of different dimension as you will see as we go on

The business end ,totally disassembled with the cable exposed
If you have this piece in your hand you will also have an entire large zip-lock bag full of small parts the you did not loose during dis assembly
If you can get in there cut the exposed cable as you will not be able to get the cone out of the end of the unit with everything attached. Dont try ,you will cause more damage
If you cant get a clean cut , cut at the end of the extrusion to separate. In doing so you will destroy a locking pin and part of the lower extrusion insert. This is why its important that you have that extra 3 feet to work with, you can then reuse the same cable.
The cable must be cut in order for you to separate the foil sections . Yes they have to be separated or else you will have a very difficult time during reassembly. This unit comes apart as a single function as you will see later.
Once you have gone this far remove the short piece of cable from the housing without damaging the end.
All this will be explaind step by step as we continue with the details of this project in part 2