Happy New Year Dennis! Where to start? First, good luck finding ANY replacement Morch bits. I can’t recall if Morch used sleeves or needle bearings to support the wheel shaft but I know Edson bearings get destroyed when to drive out the wheel shaft and need to be replaced. Even if you can find or build new pedestal parts, to properly replace powder coating, the pedestal will need to be media blasted to bare metal and then acid washed to make sure the new coating adheres properly.
With regards to your engine controller, the throttle and shift shafts remove by taking out a Phillips head screw that retains the shaft in place in the casting. Once they are removed, you can slide out the shaft as well as removing and replacing the two delrin bushings that serve as shaft bushings. Just curious, but does the Morch pedestal have mounting bolts that measure 9 1/2” center to center? If yes, why not save hours and hours of labor and just buy a new or lightly used(see hurricane damaged boat) Edson unit with a through shaft wheel brake and a nice shiny finish? You might also need to buy new aluminum pedestal mounting bolts, but everything else should line up. Give me a shout if you care to discuss options outside of what’s been discussed. Best Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 35 Landfall Padanaram MA Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2018, at 9:03 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > OK, Touche' is back in Louisiana from Florida for a couple months for new > canvas and some long deferred maintenance. Having the boat 1 hour away > rather than 4 hours lets me do some major work. > > One of the tasks on the list is a complete maintenance process on the > steering system. As part of that I am exploring having the pedestal > re-powdercoated. Going to be a pain to remove all the instrument cables and > engine controls, etc. and strip the pedestal. > > I think I'm good on removing the pedestal and the idler sheave plate below > the deck. I've been in the pedestal a couple times when I moved the engine > controls from the cockpit bulkhead to the pedestal using an Edson engine > control assembly. I've also pulled a pedestal on a C&C 29 MK II. > > I might ask advice if I encounter issues but have some pre-task questions now > just for planning. > > Question 1. I suspect that powder coating will require me to remove the > steering wheel shaft and provide a stripped pedestal to them. Not sure how > the wheel shaft is installed or how the sprocket is attached to the shaft. > Edson's maintenance document > (https://edsonmarine.com/content/EB381SteeringGuide.pdf) shows a drive pin > and some needle bearings. Touche's pedestal is a Morch. It is NOT an Edson > or Yachting Specialties pedestal. Does anybody know if a Morch pedestal is > the same? > > Second question bothering me is the bearing surfaces are on the pedestal > where the needle bearing (if any) are? Will this be a problem for the powder > coaters? I suspect they will have a technique for protecting the surface > from excess powder coat. > > Question 3. The Edson engine control assembly (#870) is also corroding. I > may have it powder coated also. How hard is it to remove the control levers > to strip the assembly? Chuck? > > Thanks, > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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