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tom tepas
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| 11/02/2007 8:47 PM |
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| As I have my rudder sitting in the corner of my shop it was not too difficult to weigh it. It came in at around 115 lbs. I think I destroyed the scale I used by denting the platform , but it was an old one anyway.The Rudder was a bear to remove, mostly because I didnt know how and did it the hard way..If I had to it over I would simply have removed, disassembled the top bearing plate , caught the loose bearings with a tarp. and dropped it out.I tried beating the top stainless post through the bearing races , but all I did was deform the metal and make it worse ,or impossible toslide through the race. I have spent 2 or 3 hours with a straightedge and files, belt sanders to get it round again. Now I have it off, I still do not have the lower bearing off. I was thinking of just buying new balls and seeing if that would take out the slack, but I bet there areat least 150 of them and if it doesnt work I dont want to waste the money.I doubt you could get more than 10 lbs of water in this thing Tom Tepas |
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Robert Gordenker
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| 11/03/2007 12:05 PM |
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Tom,
Sounds like you will be a lot better off after all that work. Thanks for the weight. I will post mine as soon as I get back home and 'drop' mine on the scale. It will be interesting to see how much get drained/dried out over the winter. Good luck with the reassembly.
One trick with putting dry bearings together is to shoot shaving cream in the race to hold the balls. Then you can stick the balls in and they stay put. The cream will rinse out very easily with water and will not leave a residue.
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