Had same issue on my 34. Could see the doughnut nut and shaft top wobble about. Could also move bottom of rudder side to side easily. Also had issue of rain and water leaking past doughnut nut and suspected caused by nut and delrin washer not sitting square onto plate. Have regularly greased shaft - have tube and grease fitting. Steers like butter. Very smooth. Fixed wobble when on the hard by supporting rudder, removing plate secured to cockpit floor, found hole for shaft was worn and was larger diameter than threads of shaft. Had machine shop replace bronze bearing of correct size. The bronze bearing wears over time as interfaces with stainless threads of shaft. Reinstall. Wobble gone and water leakage is now minimal. Biggest issue is crawling under floor to get to nuts holding plate, 2 man job as do not want to rotate bolts so as to not disturb butyl sealer so 1 below working the nuts and 1 topside keeping bolts from moving
John Read Legacy III 1982 C&C 34 Noank, CT From: Korbey Hunt via CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2022 3:20 PM To: Stus-List Cc: Korbey Hunt Subject: Stus-List Tiller wobble My 1980 34 C&C has a tiller that wobbles excessively when running with engine at 3,000 rpm. A cursory inspection does not show any adjustment or easy bearing replacement. All bolts are tight. There is some slack, maybe 1/8" when testing the tiller by moving back and forth at the dock. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a known easy solution short of replacement? Should I be concerned. This seems to have gotten worse over the years. Korbey, SV Oz Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
