> My P-15 came like that w/ grooves routed in the ply for the pintles. None
too
> lovely a routing job.
> Termites would have done a neater job.
> The lock nuts on the through bolts weren't stainless either. Sorta
pathetic,
> but the wood is sealable w/
> enough varnish or epoxy. With the right equipment, the pintle's mounting
> plates could be bent to a
> larger size but I doubt that there's enough bend to fit my rudder's
> thickness. It'd be easier
> to fabricate new ones if you had access to a welder.
Here's the cost to buy them from West Marine (catalog, page 880)
Schaefer medium-duty gudgeons with 1/2" hole diameter - $29
Schaefer medium duty pintles with 1/2" pin diameter:
For 1" thick rudder - $24+26 = $50 for two pins of different length
For 1-1/2" thick rudder - $31+$24 = $55
>
> <more snippage>
>
> this, I found that the blade had originally been mis-drilled and the
correct
> hole partially intersected
> the first hole. I had a hole shaped like a figure 8. This wasn't pretty and
> was another avenue for water
> to soak into the rudder blade.
> I made a dowel and epoxyied it in and also partially filled the correct
hole.
> The right hole
> ( which was oversize) was reamed to size, and the bolt now rides on a thin
> layer of epoxy.
> Given the low stress of this area it should last quite a while.
Sounds like a good repair to me. Please let us know how it it holds up.
> The cheeks were another matter. They were splitting from the core and crack
> had extended
> 4 or 5 inches. It was an accident waiting to happen.
LOL - an accident waiting to happen. that's exactly what I think when I see
something i don't like on my boat!
> bronze bushings really seem to be
> overenginered in this application.
<some snipt>
>There is
> always the dissimilar metals problem too.... Oh well, this can get
> complicated!
>
> Sam Finlay
> P-15 Indomitable, Luray VA
>
Yeah, but some of us enjoy thinking about that stuff. Welcome to the "Over-
Engineered Corps)! Sounds like you're a charter member <grin>
Judy B
PS. I once made a pretty wooden base for a beautiful piece of industrial
metal work. It made a nice scupture. The metal work was a transmission shaft
with the gears that I had left over after rebuilding a manual tranny. Cleaned
up and shiny of course.... Over-Engineered is Beautiful.