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 catfan |
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Posts: 8 10/23/09 02:16:41 |
Having lifted boat for the winter I notice a ( little?) rudder play --- 2-3 mm. at the top and bottom. Is this considered excessive and if so what is the best
cure , new bearings etc ?
Thanks for any information. |
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Posts: 10 11/23/09 23:29:29 |
What year is your boat? We went through endless issues after losing our rudder on the '06 Pac Cup. Just last year we had Gerry up here in Alameda looking
at the play we still had. We realized that the Set screws had not been installed and we also tightened up on the bearing a little more. You really
shouldn't have play in it. Is it at the top and the bottom? have your diver confirm.
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Posts: 8 11/24/09 01:57:35 |
Boat built 1990 hardly any moevement at the top and about 2-3mm at the bottom. I do not remember it being any worse now than it was when I bought the boat
nearly 5 years ago but it would be nice to now that there is nothing to worry about ( or cure it if it could be a future problem)
Thanks for your information Chris G |
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Posts: 208 11/28/09 04:45:29 |
There is always a little play at the bottom. Yours sounds normal.
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Posts: 60 11/28/09 07:33:06 |
For the older 42's I always wondered if installing a few grease nipples into the fiber glass rudder tube would help to prevent further wear of the lower
portion of the bearing surface? Or does water that gets in between the stainless rudder tube and the the bearing surface act as an anti wear lubricant?
Previous boats that I have owned have had a grease cup or nipple installed by factory . Ron |
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