[Public-list] Emergency Request for help with a part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

[John Boor]

>I do not recomend this proceedure.  I did this 3 years ago
and have had second thoughts since.  If you think about it
the shaft is 3/4in dia and you drill 1/3rd of this dia away
leaving 1/4in either side for strength, I worry about
twisting under heavy weather loading to this day. I wished I
had not done this but had a new one machined with the
correct slot position.

Food for thought

John Boor
MAHSEER #380
> So I put the fitting on straight, without the key in the
> keyway, and drilled all the way thru for a 1/4-20 bolt and
> nut, that prevents twisting of the fitting. So as not to
> be too far crooked while drilling, I went 1/2 way from
> each side. The holes met less than 1/64th apart. It has
> been working now all season. I get a little squeaking but
> very little play.  Ed. Schroeder 
> 
> FINNUS505 at aol.com wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> The dreaded play in the tiller............. I took the
> rudder post head  fittings apart to find the rudder post
> cap has two cracks in it, which explained  why tightening
> the fastening bolts did not eliminate the play. The cracks
> are  about 1/8" long, extending verticaly up from the
> bottom of the cap sleeve

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