Technically it's a rudder post not a shaft. But who cares it's that big stainless pipe that holds the rudder. On these boats the rudder shaft just slips inside a fiberglass tube and doesn't even have any grease fittings some people say you don't even need to lube them. You can coat the post with Teflon grease or you can get really elegant and inject an epoxy graphite mixture into the rudder tube with the rudder post in place reduces slop and the graphite provides lubricant. You have to drill holes and use mold release on the rudder post. If you have a lot of play in the rudder I'd suggest doing that. You could if you wanted to put a grease fitting in the rudder near the top someplace to make it easier to lube things up latter if you needed.
Dave Cape Cod, MA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 1:37 AM To: [email protected] Cc: michael mcvey Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Rudder Shaft Lubricant? Any recommendations on a lubricant? I was thinking of lithium grease. JK --- ---- michael mcvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just about any petroleum based cleaner will take care of it. > > > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:07:00 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: catalina27-talk: Rudder Shaft Lubricant?> > All -> > I have pulled my rudder on my '81 C27-TR (for propeller shaft work) and am getting ready to re-install it. I notice the old lubricant is thick and dry. I want to clean the rudder post shaft and re-lubricate it. What should I use? > > John Krezoski > _________________________________________________________________ > Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh _getintouch_042008
