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The rudder is stupid tricky to put back on because the pintles were installed wrong.. Right now from pintle to pintle is 12 inches. When I measure gudgeon to gudgeon it is 11 7/8", makes for a tight fit.
That little bit of clearance makes the hardware easier to mate I suppose. I want enough clearance to place a washer or nylon washer so there is no contact between cotter pin and gudgeon.
When I examined the rudder without the pintles I see that the lower pintle was eyeballed and installed crooked.
QUESTION: I want to fill in the existing holes with EPOXY and re-drill the holes where you see it is penciled in-is this an industry standard for repair of this sort?
It's not hard to align the pintles to the rudder and gudgeon. This method works if you have the plastic bushings in the gudgion. Put the pintles into the gudgions. Place the rudder on a automotive floor jack. Move the jack and rudder into the pintles. Raise the rudder with the jack to the proper height. This can be checked by installing the tiller and checking that it sits properly. Make any final adjustments for and aft of the rudder so it sits in the pintles evenly then mark the holes. Doing it this way will insure the pintles spacing and that the pintles are aligned with the gudgions so they won't bind.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688 Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound
That would be nice if the boat were on stands...thank you..i've hung rudders before-I am just fixing someone else's mistake.
MY QUESTION is about filling the existing holes.....
quote:Originally posted by islander
It's not hard to align the pintles to the rudder and gudgeon. This method works if you have the plastic bushings in the gudgion. Put the pintles into the gudgions. Place the rudder on a automotive floor jack. Move the jack and rudder into the pintles. Raise the rudder with the jack to the proper height. This can be checked by installing the tiller and checking that it sits properly. Make any final adjustments for and aft of the rudder so it sits in the pintles evenly then mark the holes. Doing it this way will insure the pintles spacing and that the pintles are aligned with the gudgions so they won't bind.
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