Fred, I had no problem regarding the upper collar and set screws, but I had a HUGE problem removing the steering radial drive from the rudder shaft.
The four bolts holding the radial drive to the shaft were completely galled together. Even though I had plenty of work space, as I had the engine and fuel tank removed, I could not break the bolts free. I tried a combination of heat, PB Blaster, Kroil (better than PB Blaster), time, and a huge breaker bar. Nada. I then used a Dremel to cut the bolt heads off. But even with the bolts heads removed, the radial would not separate. I ended up running a sawzall blade from the outside edge along the radial separation cutting the bolts at the separation junction. Success! This would not have been doable with the fuel tank in place. I was able to restore the old radial drive by drilling out the old stainless steel bolts. During the reinstallation, I used 316 SS bolts (McMaster-Carr) with locking nuts and washers and PLENTY of Tef-Gel. Hopefully, your radial drive bolts were previously installed using some type of grease or Tef-Gel so that you don’t have the same galling problem. But If you run into a similar problem, before considering to remove the fuel tank, I would spin the rudder such that you could drill the old bolts from the threaded end (opposite bolt head) of the radial drive. Since the old old bolts don’t go all the way through, the threaded hole would provide a guide. It should be possible to do this with a good hand drill, several good bits of different sizes, and a good oil like Kroil. The key to drilling out stainless bolts is to drill very slowly. Here is a link to the write up of my past rudder work. http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/2014/12/rudder-and-steering.html - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Fort Walton Beach, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ > On Nov 6, 2019, at 7:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:00:27 -1000 > From: Frederick G Street <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Rudder lubrication Landfall 38 > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Simon ? did you have any issues getting the Allen set screws loose on the > upper collar, and getting it off? I?m facing dropping the rudder this > winter, and would appreciate any guidance on this. > > Thanks! > > ? Fred > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
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