Hi!!

Thank you all for the quick and precise answers! It is very appreciated!

Last question: what king of grease do you us in the grease cup? White
grease?

Have a good day!

Camille

Le mer. 24 avr. 2019 à 16:44, ssjohnson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
a écrit :

> Greetings Camille and welcome to the list!  My LF38 has not had your
> issue. But. When I upgraded the steering pedestal we found that the cockpit
> sole had completely desalinated, so, we had about a 2'x3' piece of marine
> plywood vacuum sealed with fiberglass resin and new holes drilled, with
> edges sealed,  for the pedestal and rudder post.  In retrospect I had
> noticed a puddle of rainwater accumulating around the rudder post.  It was
> about a $3,500 repair but needed to be done.
> The grease cap is on the aft side of the lower rudder.  I replaced it with
> a grease fitting on a 5' hose leading to a bracket under the strbd
> laserette.  I add a squeeze once a year.  BTW, I've removed and replaced
> the rudder about 6 times.  I finally had it rebuilt by competition
> composites in Ottawa.  Now it is only 150lbs instead of 300 :-o
> Good luck, Camille!
> Spencer Johnson
> 84 LF 38 "Alegria " #165
> Racine, WI
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