[Public-List] Rudder Stuffing Box Repair

[Joseph Balderson via Public-List]

I am installing a zert fitting into the aft side of the rudder shaft hub at
the cockpit sole level. The plan is to pump water pump grease into the
rudder shaft tube. It should both lubricate the rudder shaft and discourage
water intrusion.
Joe B

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Michael Connolly via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> John,
> You have given me pause to ponder your situation again.  I have actually
> used thread gauges to clean out crudded up threads.  If the threads are not
> too bad it might just work. The nut would be far more difficult.
>
> Another thought, on my boat, underneath the tiller head fitting there is a
> bronze flanged bushing which is fastened to the truncated cone on the
> cockpit sole with three oval headed screws. This is the upper bearing for
> the rudder stock. I have never removed this bushing but the flange has got
> to be 3" in diameter and I am guessing that the outside diameter of the
> bushing is 1" plus 1/8" plus 1/8" for the bushing wall thickness. Which
> means that the hole in the fiberglass is at least 1-1/4" in diameter. I
> wonder if the packing nut could be worked up through this hole?  One might
> have to file the hole in the fiberglass to a hexagonal shape to slip the
> nut through. This I would hope leave enough fiberglass material to refasten
> the flanged bushing.
>
> Good luck with your repair. I am sure that we can all learn from what you
> discover during the fix.
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "John Johnston" < danceswithwood at earthlink.net >
> To: "Connolly, Michael" < crufone at comcast.net >
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 2:05:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Rudder stuffing box
>
> I meant to write "thread gauges", not file gauges, on previous post-
>
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