thanks Paul, whew....I admire your work. There is a lot more to this than expected. The issue at present is the side movement back and forth at the top of the rudder post when the autopilot is engaged. May have to just avoid the autopilot until I can find a pro to get this done.
Thanks for your help. Lloyd From: PME via CnC-List Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 2:57 PM To: [email protected] Cc: PME Subject: Re: Stus-List landfall 39 rudder bearing Hi, On a LF38, the rudder basically hangs from the rudder nut-collar. The bearing is a thrush bearing which sandwiches between nut-collar and the bolted-in base plate. There is only one bearing. I made a new thrush bearing from PTFE-Filled Delrin Acetal Resin Sheet (McMaster-Carr item #8578K411 $19). I used the old one as a template, cut it out using a jigsaw, and rounded it off with a sander. Since the flat surface is the bearing surface, a good cut edge is cosmetic only. Here is a photo before sanding: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dreuge/16983084193/in/album-72157652333214269/ But you really want to see Wally's page on the rudder thrust bearing replacement for details: http://www.wbryant.com/StellaBoat/Projects/steering/bearing/sole/replace.htm I should say that the "night and day" improvement to the rudder steering came from dropping the rudder and cleaning out the dry old crusted grease and re-greasing the shaft(I use superlube). Before, the rudder would chatter when quickly turned, now it glides like a Canadian hockey player on ice. - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL On Jun 22, 2015, at 2:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 11:31:46 -0500 From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Stus-List landfall 39 rudder bearing Message-ID: <8545ADA556E5484694F5AF9ABCB215BC@finesse> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Listers, Might anyone know the procedure for replacing and how I might locate the proper bearing and if there is more than one? Thank you, Lloyd Lippe Finesse Landfall 39 formerly Rockport, Texas now Key West (for awhile) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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