Can you share any photos of the bolts in question? Are these above deck, or below? I'm not aware of any aluminum bolts in my pedestal, but they may have been replaced with stainless steel. There is one SS round head machine screw that is loose and has no material left to grab (threads stripped out) on one of the aluminum pieces which fit over the SS tubing at the deck level. As the pedestal is solid, I've ignored it for now. Everything below deck looks good also, but it's been a year since I checked so it's on the list.
-- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 1:19 PM John McCrea via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > All, > > > > I was aware that my bolts in my steering assembly below the pedestal were > failing when I noticed a gap on the bow side of the sheave assembly this > summer. After trying to tighten one of the aluminum bolts it crumbled. Had > two remaining good ones in the stern and limped the way through the > remainder of the season. Today loosened the steering cables to start to > take apart the assembly with the intent of fixing in place with new bolts. > Having had a similar but more catastrophic failure on our past 1989 37/40 > XL I can see that the assembly itself is in good shape. My question is the > use of the aluminum bolts. Since that is what failed should I switch to > stainless? May be a good question for Rob Ball but wanted to see what > others have used. Thanks! > > > > John McCrea > > Talisman > > 1979 36-1 > > Mystic, CT > 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
