Peter,

I made a YouTube video about how I went about taking apart my IMF lower assembly:  https://youtu.be/MH7hYJnoNpM

Of course, yours may be somewhat different.  If there's no screw holding the lower cap in place, as there was with mine, then I'd guess that it's just a pressure fit.

General Boats would be the only source for IMF parts.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On 2023-10-28, at 21:37:06 EDT, peter beckerman wrote:
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> Hi All,  Today I removed my IMF mainsail.  Everything I've read 
> suggests that I should have disassembled the furling mechanism from the bottom 
> of the furler tube, but I was unable get it all apart.  The problem I had 
> was removing the plastic plug that sits at the bottom of the furler tube and 
> acts as a bearing surface for the furler.  The arrow on the attached photo 
> points to the part I'm talking about.  I'm guessing that the part is just 
> pressure fitted, but I couldn't get it out and was worried about breaking 
> it.  In the end I simply removed the donut at the top of the furler and 
> took the sail off that way.     I have two questions:  
> How does that plug in the bottom of the tube come off?  Is there any source 
> for replacement plugs (general boats?) and what's the part called? 
> Thanks as always,                
>  Peter 
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