Lots of owners have installed zerk fittings to grease their rudders. Careful use of an drill bit followed by an end mill bit through the rudder shaft tube produce a hole that can be tapped to receive a pipe fitting or zerk. I added hydraulic hoses to mine so that I can remotely and easily charge grease. Of course the stiffness you feal may be coming from some other part of the steering system. Pedestal Bearings need just a dab of white lithium grease. The sheaves (and axles) at the bottom of the pedestal have bronze on stainless steel wear interface that needs a drop of any 30 weight oil. The chain gets a drop or two of 30 weight as well. That being said, If I had to guess, the rudder shaft is gummed up. I would try to get WD40 to wick down the shaft to clean and loosen the gum... Unless you are in a position to drop the rudder and clean it properly. That would make drilling your zerk ports easier too.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1nMYjorVEGAQz7qe2yad6Mry6uJxDJOvz Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 18:59 Andrew Means via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey all - > > When we bought our 1978 C&C 34 it had a nice smooth rudder action via our > wheel helm. Over the past two years it's gradually stiffened and I think we > need some amount of lubrication, but I'm not really sure where to start to > diagnose the issue and come up with a plan to fix it. Anybody familiar with > the steering setup on the 34? > > Andrew > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
