Here are photos and tips....

Posted By: Tim, P18 "Spirit" Iowa City
Date: 7/21/08 5:03a.m.

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In Response To: rudder slop (Scott Hunt)

from the master himself.
The first picture shows the holes filled with epoxy.

Here are the holes re-drilled and the gudgeons painted. Be sure to use a drill press to get perfectly perpendicular holes.

The final picture shows a gudgeon fit on a pintle.

It helps to apply a nylon washer (you can get these at hardware stores) over each pintle for the gudgeons to both rest and pivot upon. Milk jug material is an alternative to use for the washers. Add additional washers as necessary so that both pintles equally share the dead weight of the rudder (...Tom added a few to the top pintle - but this may vary from boat to boat). Apply a thin smear of Lanacote to the pintles to reduce wear.
Good luck, Tim (with much thanks to Tom Scott)

Messages In This Thread

Window unit AC on P23, how to reduce rudder slop -- Jeff T., P23, Galileo -- 7/20/08 6:49p.m.

One solution for the slop..... -- Tim, P18 "Spirit" Iowa City -- 7/20/08 7:49p.m.

I did the epoxy fill trick -- GeorgeSK - P-23 "DayDream", P-15 "Pxyis" -- 7/20/08 8:12p.m.

rudder slop -- Scott Hunt -- 7/21/08 12:46a.m.

Here are photos and tips.... -- Tim, P18 "Spirit" Iowa City -- 7/21/08 5:03a.m.

My P23's gudgeons do not look like that .... -- Jeff T., P23, Galileo -- 7/21/08 6:02a.m.

Well that's curious... -- GeorgeSK - P-23 "DayDream", P-15 "Pxyis" -- 7/21/08 4:20p.m.

What is the diameter of the pins? -- GeorgeSK - P-23 "DayDream", P-15 "Pxyis" -- 7/21/08 4:22p.m.

I've solved the A/C at dock problem a different way.. -- Jack, H23.5, F-5 Clermont, Fl -- 7/21/08 8:12a.m.

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