[Public-list] bronze rudder post replacement

[George Dinwiddie]

brooks.glenn at comcast.net wrote:
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> Can anyone suggest the best way to do this?

I don't know if it's best, but my approach is included in the 
Maintenance Manual.  Basically I chiseled out the foam and removed the 
lower post, which was in a condition similar to yours.  I had it cut 
off, drilled and tapped.  I then put it back in the rudder with glass 
and epoxy and filled the voids with thickened epoxy.

> PS,  I really don't want to go stainless as the pintels and shoe are
> in excellent condition, and the rudder post mounted in the hull is
> bronze.

You really don't want to use stainless below the waterline.  See 
http://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/CreviceCorrosion/

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