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Bloody rudders


Emmessee

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Did the bloke who invented the mechanism for the Windy rudders have a Phd in complication?

My port side one is perfect and runs brilliantly. So does the port one but the tiller sits way too low.

Any suggestions? It works brilliantly except that it is about 4 inches too low.

MC

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It will be sitting low because, 1, the pivot hole in the rudder is worn oval, 2, the cam roller is worn, 3, the stainless strip (on older deep rudders only) is missing, If the strip is still there a quick fix is to cut several strips of plastic (old ice cream container) and pack them under the strip at the top cam position ( where the cam roller sits when the rudder is down). This can be done on the boat with the rudder in the up position, undo the 2 screws holding the stainless strip, insert a 2-3 inch length of plastic strip (long enough to reach from the undone end of the strip to just past the cam detent). The number of strips of plastic will be determined by the lift required. they are held in place by the screws holding the stainless.

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The port head casting has a fraction less material in it than the stbd one around the area where the pin for the sheave is. This causes the port castng to droop more than the stbd. Be carefull not to push the arms dwn trying to 'Help' the blades go down. It is possible to bend the casting back up, but only about 20 % of the time will it bend and not crack off. Plenty of casting and rivits available if it does break on you.

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