swampsnyper
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I've been looking at trying one sticking and adding a cam cleat. What cam cleats do y'all use and does it come with the bolts or screws or do you uprgrade them.
I have the micro and I’m waiting on the other components of my stick. Wasn’t aware the harken didn’t come with hardware. What size and length flat head screw did you use?I like Harken (you want aluminum internal components). I've used the 150 and the micro. They come with a drilling template, but no mounting hardware. I suggest flat head cap screws. Some are not comfortable with the micro's rating, but I have not had issues. I prefer it over the 150 as the 150 is wider then 1in square alum tube.
Just an FYI for guys using these Harken cleats, I over tightened the machine screw when attaching one to my stick and cracked the red plastic bearing retainer. Once cracked, it allows the bearings to fall out and could potentially cause a catastrophic failure by not holding tension on the rope. The only cast alloy parts on these seem to be the housing and cleat itself. The red bearing retainer and bearing plates internal seem to be some sort of plastic. It looks like the bearings are Delrin. I bought a rebuild kit when I cracked the bearing retainer, lost bearings and used the attached video to re-assemble. It's an informative video from Harken that shows the internal working parts for anyone interested.I like Harken (you want aluminum internal components). I've used the 150 and the micro. They come with a drilling template, but no mounting hardware. I suggest flat head cap screws. Some are not comfortable with the micro's rating, but I have not had issues. I prefer it over the 150 as the 150 is wider then 1in square alum tube.
Does muddy own the patent to manufacture sticks with the cleats? I would assume other companies would have already jumped on this trend.
Didn’t the aero hunter guy just make a video recently on how he did his cam cleats I can’t think of his name right now
I ended up getting the Schaefer cleat from Dano and installed it on my stick. My 1/4in amsteel slips through it. Have y’all found that? If I full bury it will that solve it? Or just buy more rope.
Full bury some 3/16”. Not being full buried and a hollow core it crushes down to much.
I used this one. Probably overboard. I was just playing around while I waited for the Ultimate One Stick.
Amazon.com : Schaefer Fast Entry Cam Cleat for Line Sizes Upto 5/8-Inch, 16mm, Aluminum : Sports & Outdoors
Amazon.com : Schaefer Fast Entry Cam Cleat for Line Sizes Upto 5/8-Inch, 16mm, Aluminum : Sports & Outdoorswww.amazon.com
It didn’t come with hardware.
I went with this schaffer as well. Havent mounted yetI used the shaffer cam cleat from amazon. it says 300lb weight limit. I went to home depot and found all the hardware. I went with allen head grade 8 hardware