I'm +1 on wanting to replace my gooseneck parts. The original is undersized and weak, and mine is all bent up but still functioning. If someone has part numbers for stronger Dwyer replacement parts, I'd like the list of parts.

David Berg
Blue Loon
1996/2003
Minneapolis

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AlexIf it is the gooseneck, I broke mine a couple of years ago.  Peter Nyberg posted a short video a while back on how to disassemble and reassemble the gooseneck.  After viewing the video I contacted Dwyer , the company that produces the IFM mast for Stan.  Their parts guy was really helpful in supplying the parts I needed to rebuild the gooseneck.
Mel RothbardPaperclipper Long Beach Island, NJ

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  On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 11:01 PM, Chris Geankoplis<chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:   Hang in there Alex. I can’t answer your question but you can bet on some
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 1:47 PM Alexander Cole <colealexander at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> For the first time nothing broke after a week cruising on Erie.  So 
> instead  I bent up the gooseneck of my IMF and broke the bolt 
> attaching it to the plastic sled Sunday on a reservoir Sunday.    I’ve 
> not had a response from the parts website and the number is dead.
> I think the failure relates to a vang I added to the pivot bolt.  It 
> was light wind with strong random gusts, so the boom was in the lower 
> position and the vang did not form a 45 45 90 triangle.  There must 
> have been significant occasional  stresses.
> I can heat and rebend the metal but fear loss of strength.    I need 
> post general boat solutions.    I think Stan modified a Ronstan racing 
> dinghy gooseneck  that is out of production.  Holt Allan has a sliding 
> gooseneck that looks interesting if it could be made to work.  Anybody have insight?
>
> Alex Cole
> SV Lark