Bottom Rudder Post Bushings

[westwon]

Hello all.


Just wondering if anyone has changed the bottom rudder post bushing on a Newport 30?

After noticing some slop, I changed the top bushing (quite a challenge as the deck-side race had become oblong, and the new bushing was, of course, not!), but the slop is still there, although reduced.



I'm trying to get a feel for the difficulty level I should be expecting.


Thanks


Steve

[coopec43]

I did my own. I just bought a piece of the right bearing material, placed it on the rudder post, centralized the rudder post/bearing and then epoxied the bearing in place. Duramax is the bearing material I used but I only needed about 4 inches of it.

[westwon]

Thanks Coopek. Do you recall the diameter of the old/new bushing"?

[coopec43]

[QUOTE=westwon;296393


Well my rudders stock is 2 inch in diameter. To find yours you will have to use a vernier and measure it or if that can't be done go to the manufacturer's specifications.

Try going through these links

" [I]My next step was to carve out the foam blank around which I built the rudder. It was very easy and took less than an hour. I used a 6'' piece of 3/8” rebar sharpened to a chisel edge. I was left with the finished fiberglass shell. I was going to order a new Stainless Steel 316 post (the old one was actually bent and had lots of pitting). The post was 50” by 1-7/8” O.D. but the damn things cost about $100. Plus I''d have to get the cross tabs welded on and I''d still have a future issue of corrosion and failure. So I opted for going with 100% composites. I ordered a Carbon Fiber (and Epoxy) post, www.rolledcomposites.com out of MA (super pricing on any rolled composite) with the same O.D. as the stainless but with a wall thickness increase of about 100% (1/4"). This post will have its weaves and threads at 45, 90 and 180 degrees at various stages and have about 135% more torsional, compressive, and modulus strength as the old stainless measure, so I''m basically very comfortable with it."[/I]


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