Posted: Jul 27, 2017 - 09:48 AM
I'm not familiar with the Prindle setup, but if it is like the Hobie dolphin strikers, then there is most likely an aluminum compression sleeve that goes over the striker post and is inserted inside the crossbar. Over time, this sleeve will corrode and seize onto the post. No amount of liquid wrench is going to free it.
Depending on how the crossbar and dolphin striker are set up, you may be able to loosen the ends of the striker rod (the part that extends to the outboard ends of the crossbar) and then loosen the top nut on the striker post and drop the assembly out from the bottom of the crossbar. Then cut off the compression sleeve, clean the post, install a new sleeve (with Tef-gel) and re-assemble. But if the arrangement is like the Hobe setup, then the only way to remove the post is by lifting it out the top of the crossbar, which means you have to cut the bottom nut off the post and then lift out the assembly.
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