Sorry, can't answer your questions, but now you have me wondering if I should be looking for a grease nipple on my 35-2? I need to inspect the steering gear soon... -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:15 PM Paul Hood via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I tried to grease the rudder post on my '81 C&C34 last year and the nipple > when touched, fell out of the fibreglass and in my hands. I could see what > appeared to be the stainless rudder post through the hole. I was going to > enlarge the hole, put a larger stainless sleeve in first then insert a > nipple or a hose to a nipple. My questions is, can I drill out the > fibreglass, deep enough without damaging the shaft and when I epoxy the > sleeve in place, can it be done without having epoxy get into the shaft > area. Also, not knowing the construction, is there a bushing of some sort > wrapping the rudder post or does it just move in the fibreglass encasing > with grease. I'm hoping not to remove the rudder to do this. The rudder > moves freely and is not wobbly at all. I just want to get grease in there > and maintain this long term. > > Thanks, > Paul Hood > '81 C&C34 Georgian Bay > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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