[Public-list] Pintal and Gudgeon

[Chris Blain]

Howdy neighbor-

I also live in Sausalito, though in an apartment, at the moment. I'm
restoring an A35 up in Napa these days. Not really sure where she'll live
when she goes in, but I'm toying with the idea of living aboard once she
goes in. I've also pulled my rudder as part of the project. Your plan sounds
basically sound, with the caveat that bronze can be a bear to machine. The
pin on the bottom of my rudder stock is just slightly smaller than the size
of the hole, and I'm still planning on inserting a bushing. Maybe teflon,
maybe delrin. Not sure yet. You could probably get away with a press fit pin
into the rudder stock rather than a threaded pin.

Cheers,
Chris


On 5/11/06, Matthew Morey <mwmorey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.  My name's Matthew.  My sweetie's name's Dawn.  We're apt to be
> jotting
> down several questions here in the next few days.
>
> My boat's Chance, hull four hundred and something.  She's a beauty.  We
> have
> one of the rare live-aboard slips in Sausalito and sail our home in and
> around the bay frequently.
>
> She was pulled out of the water Tues.  We got the rudder off yesterday
> because of excessive play at the base.  The pin had about pencil diameter
> and far more red than yellow.  The gudgeon had about a nickel's diameter.
> (Micrometer in pocket to run down and measure properly in a moment.)
>
> My plan: have machine shop drill out a hole at the base of the
> pintal.  Make
> corresponding pin to work up into hole.  Tap and die the two.  Use 5200 or
> lock-tight red or some combination of the two to secure the new pin in the
> pintal.  New pin will correspond roughly to the diameter of the hole in
> the
> gudgeon.  For gudgeon perhaps get inset of Teflon (?) or bronze.
>
> Concerns:
> (1)     The pole that runs the fore-edge of the rudder, does it continue
> from
> the base to the prop inset?
> (2)     Is lock tight red water proof at all?
> (3)     Was there something other than wear and electrolysis to justify
> the size
> discrepancy of the pin with the space in the gudgeon (e.g.,  a bearing, an
> insert, etc.)?
> (4)     Is Teflon a good idea for an  inset for the gudgeon?
> (5)     Is there a far easier way to deal with this than my rather
> involved
> plan?
> (6)     Is my plan foolish and ineffective?
>
> Please let me know anything you can to help out.  And if the answer to
> five
> is yes, please say so nicely…  Thx.
>
> Matthew
>
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