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admin wrote:Oh, one more thing and this is pretty funny. When I bought the boat the surveyor noticed a bunch of weird plastic strips hanging out of the rudder tube on the bottom. They were zip ties that the owner had used to reduce the play in the rudder! He had taken a wire ties, the teflon ones, and inserted them up along the rudder stock. They stayed in because they float and they reduced the vibration and play, yet remained slippery, being teflon. I thought it was pretty hokey, but when I brought it up a year or so later, with Chuck, the P.O., he swore by it (not at it!)
darkstar32170 wrote:How did you insulate the aluminum shaft of your rudder. I'm assuming that you just applied a neat coat of epoxy directly to the shaft, allowed it to cure and then waxed it before injecting the epoxy/graphite into the rudder tube.
Correct? Do you have any concerns about the epoxy wearing away?
I have lots of play in my rudder that I would like to repair too.
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