[Public-List] Rudder

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Thanks Michael, 



I can actually see all (5) five heads of the machine screws on the front side of the upper rudder stock. All of the filler/fairing material has already fallen away. How difficult was it for you to excavate down to locate the nuts for these machine screws?...in the rudder blade and more to the point how difficult was it to remove the machine screws to replace them? 



I also spied the triangular pieces near the lower trailing edge of the rudder which conceal, (what, hexagonal heads of bolts or something else?), let me know what you found under there. 



Thanks for your response. 

Michael #133 
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Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:18:13 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Rudder 

Sounds like mine. There are 4 bronze machine thread 
slotted flat head screws going through the 1" rudder post. 
They are faired with bondo or something similar. If you 
grind down to metal in the forward part of the stock, you 
will see circles of filler. Whack that out with a cold 
chisel, and you should see big screws. 

You'll still have to remove the metal strap in the middle 
section of the rudder-that is also attached with machine 
screws. The pintle on that will need to be replaced 
probably. I use shanked bolts from Jamestown distributors 
(I think 3/8") and cut the head and the threads off. 


MichaelGrosh 
#220 


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