[Public-List] rudder shoe

[Jim Mennucci]

if the hole in the shoe looks good, check the pin in the bottom of the
rudder, one of them has to be wearing since its a metal on metal joint with
lots of motion under fairly high loading and water lubrication.  If they're
both good then they were probably repaired some time in the not to distant
past.  The simple test is to see if you can move the bottom of the rudder
in its shoe.  If you have more than say, 30 thousandths or so  end play you
need to disassemble to see where the wear is occuring.

Jim Mennucci

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Richard Mair <ramair49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Removed the rudder shoe to check on the pin and shoe..I was surprised at
> how easy it came off after the screws and bolt were removed..
>  Has anyone that has removed this used 5200 when replacing it or just put
> it back and fair it in..Once I start cruising again we will probably be
> checking this every 3 years or so...
>
> Thanks for any info
> Richard 609
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