[Public-list] bronze rudder post replacement

[brooks.glenn at comcast.net]

Hi George,  

I would like to ask an additional question regarding your rudder stock, if I may?

Is your lower rudder shaft all one piece or two short pieces?

I just opened up my lower rudder and found two short pieces 6-8" long: one at the bottom with the pin fitting into rudder shoe, the other at mid-rudder where it can be grabbed by the pintel/grudgeon assembly...Both have two 5/16" round pins several inches long bored into the rudder to keep everything from spinning.  The design seems a little light weight for off shore sailing...( but it has lasted 30 years now...)??

Do you have any thoughts about replacing these two short ones with one long shaft- aside from cost?

Thanks much,

Glenn 
dolce #318
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
> brooks.glenn at comcast.net wrote:
> 	[snip]
> > 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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