Need a solution....

[Dave Hirshberg]

I had the same problem with mine and finally just bought new pedestals. A metal shop might have the aluminum tube that you could make sleeves but what would keep them from sliding down out of the base? The nylon ones that come from the manufacturer have caps on them. Unfortunately one of the many hurdles to boat restoration---obsolete parts. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Don't know where I saw this but its the truth.
B--break
O--out
A--another
T--thousand