Quite the contrary, the tiller should be very free-swinging, although you can feel the inertia of the heavy rudder. Sounds as if there might be a bent pintle....
I have installed both the PSS seal and a flexible coupling. They work fine. Fair amount of work, especially the flex. coupling. Ivan, Sans Souci on the LI...
Hi Gene: The rudder should be completely free, no bind. Also check that the washer under the screw at the top pintle is the correct size: some are smaller than...
YEAH - DRAT, DRAT, DRAT! How did I know you were going to say that! And I gotta' pull off that big rudder all by myself - that sucker's got to weigh a ton!...
Ivan, this is another of the vacuums in my marine education - auxiliary engines. Except when I was crewing on other SORC boats out of Miami, I was always too...
Hi Gene - I have the stock 1981 set up from Pacific Seacraft. No washers of any kind in the rudder installation. There is one small hole drilled horizontally...
I am currently 500 miles from my boat and trying to get the measuement from the back of the mast to the end of the companionway. I know its about 6' but I...
... section of the lowest pintle, through which a cotter pin is placed to keep the rudder from popping out of the gudgeons. Hi Karl, Mine is a 1984 model, and...
Hi Sam - I get you....sorry if I didn't describe it well. The pin does not pass through or even contact the gudgeon... I think yours and mine are the same set...
No, Karl, that washer isn't even touching anything. It's not the problem. I know this sounds a bit odd, but I believe the problem is lack of use! This boat...
It's possible to lash a 2x4 to the boom to extend it, take off the boom-vang -which is a 4:1 on mine, and use that as a temporary crane. Once off it is not...
Hi Gene: That's the washer I am referring to. Mine is in the top pintle. If that washer is larger than the gudgeon hole it will keep the rudder from popping...
Hey Gene, before you do this just lift the rudder about half-way out of the gudgons and stick some grease in there. Marine grade is best but even lard is...
Hi Gene: The propeller shaft on the Yanmar engine is rigidly connected to the engine with a rigid coupling (which you check with a feeler gage when adjusting...
Hi Nial: I mounted permanently to my rudder a stainless steel flat (1" wide x3/8"thick) using two of the cheek mounting bolts. (needed longer bolts) The flat...
No can do, Ivan. Remember, this boat was in shrink wrap two days ago. The mast is still lashed to the pulpits, and the boom is lying on a table in my carport....
Yes, that's the same washer, Ivan, they've just put it on a different pintle in our boat. And yes, if none of you guys has thrust washers between the gudgeous ...
Hi Nail - No, this boat has never had any damage anywhere - you'll have to see it to believe it. But I squirted a little bit of penetrating oil into the crack...
Ivan, what about the fact that this flex fitting does not conduct your engine ground out into the water via the shaft and prop? Do you have some other engine...
I'll have to get that name for you from Heather and post it later, I don't remember the name of the company. They're located in North Carolina, and PSC...
By the way, Ivan, I can see how the shaft would have to be shortened an amount equal to the thickness of the flex coupling, but their advertising says "no...
I've had a real gout bout the last couple of days, and haven't been able to squirm around all the little nooks and crannies of this Flicka yet. But perhaps...
The trucking company was DEEP WATER TRANSPORT out of North Carolina, and the driver was absolutely great! Gene ... I ... really ... of ... dozen ... was ... ...
Well Gene, it's your boat and you can do whatever you want. If it was me I'd just lube 'em because it sounds like what you have are essentially un-used...
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