With all due respect to Alan’s suggestion, please don’t use chain lube on the chain and cables. Chain lube is designed as lubricant for chains travelling at high speed on a motorcycle or bicycle and are specially designed to stick to the chain and not get flung off when moving quickly. The chain and cable on your boat moves very slowly. Chain lube is sticky messy stuff and spraying inside your pedestal will get lube all over everything including the brake shoes. So once the brake shoes are contaminated with lubricant, you can forget about the brake holding the wheel in place. Also dirt and other contamination will stick to chain lube with amazing tenacity.
So, the proper method of lubricating the chain is to put some 30 weight oil on a rag and lightly apply the rag to the chain as you move the wheel back and forth. Do the same on the cables, only this time, apply the oil to some tissue (Kleenex or similar) and run the tissue down the length of the cable. If pieces of tissue remain on the cable, it is a good place to look for breaks in the cable strands that are the start of the dreaded cable meathooks (ie friction induced wear). Replace the cables if any meat hooks are detected. I’m suggesting these methods because I worked on the customer service phone lines at Edson for about 10 years and those are the manufacturer’s recommended methods of lubing the chain and cable. A much more likely candidate for the pedestal “squeak” are the sheaves that sit at the base of the pedestal. If there are bronze axles on the sheaves, it is time to replace those with stainless sheave pins as they’re probably worn if they don’t receive periodic lubrication (again, 30 weight motor oil). Even if there are stainless axles, it’s a good idea to check for cable orientation between the sheaves and the radial wheel. Look for sharp edges on the grooves of the sheaves which indicate wear and friction due to misalignment. Finally, check the idler plate itself for excessive corrosion. If heavily rusted, that plate can actually flex and cause the sheaves to move back and forth under load. If this needs validation, check a publication called the Planning Installation and Maintenance Guide found on Edson Marine’s website. https://edsonmarine.com/content/EB381SteeringGuide.pdf Good luck! Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 35 Landfall Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> On Behalf Of ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 10:50 AM To: C&C <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: ALAN BERGEN <trya...@alumni.usc.edu> Subject: Re: Stus-List squeaking rudder Use chain lubricant on the chain and on the cables. It comes in a spray can. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:32 AM, Bailey White via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: All of this talk on rudder bearings prompted me to ask about a little squeaking I hear when I make fine movements on the helm sometimes. The rudder feels tight. The cabling on the quadrant looks almost new. Is lubrication needed somewhere? Any advice appreciated. Bailey White 1979 C&C 36 _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=bapfUT7pNIkd3hEBfYdwaOLNVxO3lp1QSZxgr_AS_rw&s=ojH_fuDC0Gm-v5NPpYp4nzt9a6PKI61eCB2sWGZZuSg&e=> &d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=bapfUT7pNIkd3hEBfYdwaOLNVxO3lp1QSZxgr_AS_rw&s=ojH_fuDC0Gm-v5NPpYp4nzt9a6PKI61eCB2sWGZZuSg&e=
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