Tape the compression tube onto a length of PVC pipe. Have a helper install the two screws which secure the compression tube through the middle of the spreader brackets. Next, yank off the tape holding the compression tube to the PVC.

1) The MareLube TEF 45 listed below must be used on both the bolt and compression tube to prevent the two from corroding together.

Will not fit Catalina 27s with hull numbers in the following ranges: 1421-1450, 2465-2549, 3101-3150, 3950-3999, 4701-4725, 5042-5051, and 5140-5149. These boats were not built in California and used a different mast. There may be other ranges as well that we have not discovered yet.