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When I call my local previous Four Winns dealer he has been unable to get me parts I need the last 4 out of 4 times. He is no longer a dealer but can get parts from FW if they are carrying them.
He explained everything was a crap shoot these days.

Can anyone suggest a Four Winns dealer that would have sold bigger Vistas who might have a good supply of parts on hand?

Specifically right now I need the table mount assembly for the table over the engine compartment. I need both the round piece that bolts down to the engine cover and the pole itself.

Several I have found of other brands do not match where the bolts are and the table pole is too long.

Yes I can make it work if I want to drill new holes etc but I prefer to try to find it and install it in 10 minutes given all the other things I am working on.

BTW- my pole got so stuck in the piece on the floor that it would not come out. We tried to take it out buy removing everything and and then hitting it with two rubber hammers but it broke one side of the mount off.

Eric
2005 328 Vista

Regards,
Eric

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Current Boats:
2005 Four Winns 328 Vista
1992 Stingray 228

Too late, but table legs that are stuck, can be removed by moving them from side to side. That will loosen the leg enough to remove it from the base. Attempting to pull, or force it straight out will not work, as you now know.

As far as OEM parts go, have you tried to look up the part #'s for the leg and base on the Four Winns website parts catalog?

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2005 H200

I will try to website...

We tried a lot of moves before we tried the hammers. It had been like that for a few years..

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Current Boats:
2005 Four Winns 328 Vista
1992 Stingray 228

FWIW, I find it useful to dab a smear of anti-seize on the fittings to help prevent them from corroding in place like that. Otherwise some penetrating oil (not WD40... just let's not go there) into the joint should eventually help it work loose. Which doesn't help when you want to remove and store them NOW.

I don't know what's used on the 328, but the legs and sockets on our 348 were made by Garelick. These are the aluminum ones, extruded with a fluted profile around them.

As for the pole length, if you find something close then you might consider having a local muffler shop put the squeeze on the ends if it. Just a slight bit to aid inserting it into the socket.

Other that clearly welded bits like the stair and bow rails, there's not a lot of custom-made metal stuff on the boats. The trick is figuring out which vendor supplied them to FW. I've found they'll usually tell you if you ask.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

I order FW parts from a dealer in Pittsburg Pa, he will ship them directly to your home, his number is 412-896-6475 (Bill). It does help to have the FW part number handy if you speek to him. Good luck.

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Current Boat - '04 328 Vista "Be As You Are"

Previous Boats
'04 268 Vista
'97 238 Vista
'94 210 Marada
'88 175 Sunbird

I would find the part numbers on four winns Part Finder, don't go through Four Winns, they are probably Garlalick Parts, and u can find the right parts at a marine store, or order them from West Marine.... May be less of a hassle, just my two cents.

We got one from Garelick from west marine. The pole was too long and the holes did not match where the holes are currently drilled. We can make work if we have to but we have several boats and little time

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Current Boats:
2005 Four Winns 328 Vista
1992 Stingray 228

As I recall there are several different diameters of garelick parts for this sort of thing. None of which were conveniently available through west marine. I picked up mine via fleabay.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista