[Public-List] Play in rudder post

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Just an anecdotal question, anyone actually have any experience when the pin does fail? I've had steering cable part (when a 45' boat T-bones a 60' boat you stop rather abruptly and tend to bend things up) and I've had a blade come off a folding prop, makes things shake rather dramatically until the engine is stopped ( not on an Alberg), but I've not had the pleasure of having the bottom pin let go, just wondering if there's any first hand knowledge out there?

Wes

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> On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:18 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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