Hi Tom,
I am told not all rudderposts have a keyway that reaches down the post
far enough. I was lucky; mine did. It may be that you exposed the shaft
further down than I did. I've heard from others that they didn't have a
keyway and had to drill the post and install bolts. Your other choice is
to remove the rudder and have a local machine shop to extend the keyway. I
didn't take C&C's word for it concerning the diameter of the rudder post.
I carefully measured mine and Edson bored it to order.
Best of luck,
Gary
S/V Kaylarah
'90 C&C 37+
East Greenwich, RI, USA
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On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 6:19 PM Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I am moving forward with the below deck linear drive install. We put in
> the structural support and then exposed the rudder post. However a few
> oddities.
>
> First, in spite of the build plans calling for an 80mm diameter rudder
> post it is, in fact, 75mm. And, although the Images that Josh posted if
> his install show a keyway on his post, mine does not have one.
>
> I’ll check with Edson to see what they recommend for attaching the tiller
> arm.
>
> Sigh...
>
> Stay safe all.
>
> Tom B
>
> Typoed from my iPhone
>
> Tom Buscaglia
> Alera 1990 C&C 37+/40
> Vashon Island WA
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