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Carl in LA
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Initially Posted - 04/26/2017 : 18:50:34

On my other thread about initial sailing impressions there was feedback about bushings for the rudder pintals to "tighten-up" the rudder play.

I only purchased the bushings from Catalina Direct as Hull 922 already has the heavier bosses on the pintals.

There was a question as to whether it was possible that the bushings simply were not there - not the case - the bosses were sized to roughly match the pins.

The bushings were advertised as 5/8ths but when received turned out to be just slightly bigger - perhaps 11/16ths. I was a bit concerned as the bushings were a bit sloppy on the pins.

I started by drilling out the bosses with a 5/8ths drill. Somewhat heavy drilling with plenty of hot chips landing on my arms.

Then, I had to taper the leading edge of the bushing to drive into the boss.

It was obvious that it would take force to seat the bushing and it did - with the hammer. Doing so somewhat chaffed some material off the side of the bushing.

Next when remounting the rudder it was noted that the upper pin was not parallel to the boss - so I had to loosen the pin from the rudder to realign.

A little ooomph was needed on the rudder to drive the pins through the - now tight - bushings.

Feeling pretty good about the results... may take a few sails to loosen the bushings to free movement of the rudder but at this point - sloppy rudder play is gone.

Cool!

Catalina 250 - Pretty Good Boat

Edited by - Carl in LA on 04/26/2017 19:01:56

islander
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Response Posted - 04/27/2017 : 04:28:13

It's a mystery to me that you had to drill them larger unless Catalina made a non bushing model for a while. Mine were tight also but a dab of grease on the pintles and a few sailing days solved the tightness.

Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound

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Response Posted - 04/27/2017 : 06:49:20

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Originally posted by islander

It's a mystery to me that you had to drill them larger unless Catalina made a non bushing model for a while.

When I bought Catalina Direct's "heavy duty" gudgeons (with the knee braces and steel cylinders) around 2001, they came without bushings, and my original-equipment Catalina pintles fit snugly without them. (I ended up sending them back for another reason.) I think the bushing idea came a little later--like maybe with the C-250.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 04/27/2017 06:49:45

islander
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Response Posted - 04/27/2017 : 11:08:04

Ok, learned something new. When I upgraded mine they came with the bushings and the little tube they go into is 5/8. No drilling needed.