On my 30-1, we found either one or two caps that were supposed to be filled with grease and then screwed down slightly to keep pushing grease through a small hole at the end of the fitting. It was completely plugged with old grease. We cleaned and replaced and the groaning during turning disappeared.RonWild CheriC&C 30STL
--- On Thu, 12/20/12, Robert Gallagher <trys...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Robert Gallagher <trys...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List '88 C&C 30 MKII Stiff Rudder To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 10:58 PM The rudder on my new (to me) '88 30MKII is very hard to turn. It's not the steering, I have removed the cables and the wheel turns freely. I'm pretty confident it's the rudder binding. When shopping, I had a deposit on another 30 MKII and it had the same problem. The yard fixed it but never elaborated on exactly what it was. I do know that it did not involve removing the rudder and that the broker eluded to the fact that something at the top of the shaft was cleaned and greased. I did inspect the boat again and they did fix it. I did try greasing it via the zirk fitting but that did not seem to help. It does not appear that the post is bent. I'm hoping someone else will have had this problem in the past and can give me some guidance before I start taking things apart. I'm really hoping not to have to remove the rudder. ThanksRob Gallagher'88 C&C 30 MKIIHanuman -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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