Joining the thread a bit late, was on the Lake Ontario 300 for the weekend. Amazing how Mother Nature can throw every type of weather into two days.
Anyways, I had my C&C 30-1 steering completely apart over the winter. Pedestal off and dismantled for powder coating, everything refurbished or replaced. Even so I had the smallest amount of play still on the rudder, maybe +/- 3/8" back and forth. The wheel didn't move. Turns out the groove cut into the rudder post and the groove in the Edson quadrant are minutely different sizes. Asked a knowledgeable mechanic and was told that was usual. I needed to measure both grooves and get a stepped key. The other solution was to use a table belt sander and machine down the matching faces of the quadrant until it clamps the post, and possibly drill and tap a hole for a grub screw / retaining bolt. I did the latter and it worked. Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:46:51 -0400 From: "David Jacobs" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List Play in the steering Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Thank you all for the information. You guys (and gals perhaps) are really a great resource. Dave Saltaire C&C 35 MK3 Same thing happened to me. My cables came so loose they actually fell off the radial wheel. The problem was the idler pulleys under the pedestal. They mount on a plate which was made of mild steel. The plate corroded so badly the pulleys moved enough to loosen the cables. I replaced my plate with the same Edson part. Edson also has a newer part with a stainless steel plate. Unfortunately for a 37+, it would not fit. Check with Edson, their tech support is first class. I took the plate off, had it sandblasted and used POR 15. Great stuff. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1
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