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

[p.a.amos at tesco.net]

Is the rudder shaft slotted for a key where the tiller is attached?Also I saw a picture somwhere of a hinged tiller,now I cannot remember where,can anyone point me to it?
Pete
TaitTait #478
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> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> Date: 2005/09/23 Fri PM 03:50:47 GMT
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Emergency Request for help with a
> 	part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
> 
> 
> 
> I knew a fellow when I was a boy whose parents took the tiller away from
> their boat so that he could not take it out without permission (I thought he
> was amusing then, now that I am a father I shudder to think what sort of
> child would drive parents to resort to such a thing...)  Undaunted, he
> snapped a  large set of Vice Grips to the shaft and went on several late
> night expeditions in the boat.
> 
> Gord #426 Surprise
> 
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> 
> >>> 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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