Help Sought on Cobra Trailer Lock

On Aug 8, 6:59 am, jcarlyle wrote:
5Z, that's very helpful - thanks! Just one more thing - do you
remember if the handle was removed simply by unscrewing the inside
nut, or whether rivets on the handle's outside silver mounting had to
be removed?

I think it was just a matter of removing the nut on the back. But it
was a long time ago. Until you mentioned the nut on the back, I
wasn't sure I could help, but that stimulated the recollection.

Now, about being locked in the trailer - why did you go in and have
someone close the top? Why didn't you get out through the forward
hatch? Please do tell the story...

Actually, I went IN through the front hatch. The pilot I was crewing
for discovered that he couldn't open the trailer. So I ended up
fixing the latch while he was out on course that day.

-Tom

Many thanks, Tom. If I shake this summer flu bug I've got, I'll try
removing the inside nut and see if I can slip things out. I'm going to
Elmira on the 19th and would like to have this fixed before I hit the
road.

Strangely enough, your ship's new owner communicated with me off-line
about this. Small world...

-John

On Aug 8, 10:58 am, 5Z wrote:
On Aug 8, 6:59 am, jcarlyle wrote:

5Z, that's very helpful - thanks! Just one more thing - do you
remember if the handle was removed simply by unscrewing the inside
nut, or whether rivets on the handle's outside silver mounting had to
be removed?

I think it was just a matter of removing the nut on the back. But it
was a long time ago. Until you mentioned the nut on the back, I
wasn't sure I could help, but that stimulated the recollection.

Now, about being locked in the trailer - why did you go in and have
someone close the top? Why didn't you get out through the forward
hatch? Please do tell the story...

Actually, I went IN through the front hatch. The pilot I was crewing
for discovered that he couldn't open the trailer. So I ended up
fixing the latch while he was out on course that day.

-Tom

Hi, Tom,

Well, no joy. I removed the inside nut and washer from the handle
(there was Lok-Tite on the threads), but I couldn't remove the handle
itself. I tried using a drift pin on the handle shaft, but it seemed
very solid. I'm guessing that the two rivets holding the handle onto
the rear of the trailer have to be removed before the handle can be
removed, but I wasn't up to that yesterday.

-John

On Aug 8, 10:58 am, 5Z wrote:
On Aug 8, 6:59 am, jcarlyle wrote:

5Z, that's very helpful - thanks! Just one more thing - do you
remember if the handle was removed simply by unscrewing the inside
nut, or whether rivets on the handle's outside silver mounting had to
be removed?

I think it was just a matter of removing the nut on the back. But it
was a long time ago. Until you mentioned the nut on the back, I
wasn't sure I could help, but that stimulated the recollection.