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

[John Boor]

> >Remember you drill out the thickest part of the shaft
making it even weaker.

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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