All,
I was aware that my bolts in my steering assembly below the pedestal were failing when I noticed a gap on the bow side of the sheave assembly this summer. After trying to tighten one of the aluminum bolts it crumbled. Had two remaining good ones in the stern and limped the way through the remainder of the season. Today loosened the steering cables to start to take apart the assembly with the intent of fixing in place with new bolts. Having had a similar but more catastrophic failure on our past 1989 37/40 XL I can see that the assembly itself is in good shape. My question is the use of the aluminum bolts. Since that is what failed should I switch to stainless? May be a good question for Rob Ball but wanted to see what others have used. Thanks! John McCrea Talisman 1979 36-1 Mystic, CT
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