[Public-List] Tiller Head - I'm stuck!

[Jeffrey]

Thanks Glen. I will try adding heat tomorrow.
On Mar 31, 2012 7:00 PM, "Glennb" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> Jeff,
>
> I ve always had good success putting some heat on frozen bolts with a
> small torch.  once red hot, squirt some cutting oil, or penetrating oil on
> the bolt. The heat will swell the material,   the oil will quench the bolt-
> rapidly shrink it- causing the threads to loosen up.  also the heat will
> draw the oil into the threads  and allow you to back it out of the shaft
> easier.
>
> (cut the nasty old deck away from around the shaft son you can get your
> hands into the work area). I replaced my cockpit floor last summer, makes
> life a lot easier when you cab get at the shaft, etc!
>
> Cheers,
> Glenn P.
> dolce 318
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Jeffrey <alberg30nh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm about to embark on a cockpit floor re-core, but I've hit a roadblock
> > getting the tiller head off.
> >
> > In front of the tiller head is a big (5/8 If I remember) bolt head.  This
> > bolt..no way is that sucker moving.  So far a couple of days dribbling in
> > some PB Blaster and still nothing. The bolt looks like steel.
> >
> > What exactly is this bolt? Does the bolt go through the rudder shaft? I
> can
> > just almost barely see the back side, and it looks like there *may* be a
> > hole. Is this common to all boats?
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeff Fongemie
> > #116 Seagrass
> >
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/fongemie
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