[Public-List] rudder shoe

[brooks.glenn at comcast.net]

Hi all, 


just as fYI, I tried the test described below couple of years ago and couldnt get any ply in the rudder, yet when I took the shoe off, observed enormous elongation in the bottom seat and a lot of wear on the pin. 1/8 " or more. the rudder shaft is 1" bronze stock on my boat extends all the way down from cockpit to bottom of rudder, and the rudder is supported mid way with a pintel, so i suspect it was stiff enough to not flex under my puny effort. It certainly howled under load from the ocean though. 


I pulled the shoe again this year and inspected ( no wear) and reinstalled in about 15 minutes, so its not hard to do once you try it. 


Glenn b 
dolce 

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> 
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:35:26 AM 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] rudder shoe 


On Nov 16, 2011, at 13:11, Jim Mennucci <jimmennucci at gmail.com> wrote: 

> 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. 

When doing this check, lift the rudder up slightly. Sometimes the bottom of the rudder post might be wearing a socket of it's own. 

George 

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