Bimini Top Ball & Socket Jaw Slide with Eye End Assembly (specifically, the ball-and-socket style rail mount combo).Unlike standard flat pivot joints that only swing back and forth, a ball-and-socket connection provides 360-degree rotation and multi-axis movement. This design allows you to mount support struts at angled vectors, vastly simplifies folding a canopy completely flat against the gunwale, and eliminates the common metal-on-metal rattling sounds under way.
Core Component Breakdown
1,The Jaw Slide Socket (Left): Slides directly over the main frame tubing. It features a pocket or cradle that securely captures the pivoting ball.
2,The Ball Eye End Cap (Right): Fits directly over the raw cut end of an intersecting support bow or strut.
3,The protruding spherical node seats inside the companion slide socket.The Set Screw System: Integrated hex keys clamp down on the tubing structures to lock the alignment in place so that the frame does not shift while cruising at speed.
Are you planning to install this combo onto 7/8" or 1" frame tubing, or do you need help tracking down a matching quick-release pin variant for toolless frame removal?
Haifan Rigging supply a range of marine boat hardwares. They come with a variety of fittings for each end to suit your particular application. Yachts, Sailboats, Ships and Other Fields.
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