[Public-List] Play in rudder post

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

Wes

On 7/16/14, 11:26 AM, Wes Gardner via Public-List wrote:
> Het All,
>
> I just hauled my boat and of course there is ++some++ play! maybe an
> eighth of an inch. Seems with this I can wait a while?

While you've got it out, I would pull the rudder shoe off and take a 
look. It's not that hard to do.
  1. 1/8" is a fair percentage of a half-inch pin
  2. It may not be the pin that's limiting the motion. The first time I 
checked mine, the pin was *completely gone*. The bottom rudder post had 
worn into the shoe, limiting the movement to ~3/16".

See http://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/RudderShoe/ for more thoughts.

  - George

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