When I put in my new rudder, I propped up the rudder against the bottom of
the hull with the rudder swung off to one side to bottom out against the
hull. I used a 1/8 the inch washer between the top of the rudder and the
bottom bearing. I then put the tiller cap on the rudder post and drilled the
bolt hole through the cap and through the rudder post. The bottom bearing
was then locked in place using the bolts in the rudder shaft. This resulted
in a no slop fitting. If this procedure does not work for you, get a teflon
plate of the thickness you want and put it on the rudder post under the
tiller cap.
Ed Durbin (IXXIS)
> Hey all..
> wondering if anyone else has had to deal with this- our rudder shaft has
> more play vertically than we would like- it has kevlar washer/gasket under
> the hull between the hull and the blade and another one on top of the deck
> between the rudder base attachment and the tiller attachment.... we have
> almost 1/2" too much play.. we thought it would be a trivial thing to get
> a few more gaskets, put them in and be done- however- in talking to a few
> marine stores around town they don't seem to exist- a custom ericson
> thing, apparently.
>
> in any case- anyone dealt with this?? how?
>
> thanks!
> Jennifer Kolar
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Received on Fri Jul 12 21:06:49 2002