Not certain what you have on your 37+ but the 34R came out during the same time from C&C and it has Delrin doughnuts for bearings. The stainless steel shaft rides on delrin. You can see a bulge in the rudder log where the bearings are. I think earlier C&Cs had a fiberglass shaft, no bearings. Some had grease fittings.
When I had some play in my system, I priced Delrin bearings, at $275 each. Instead, I added grease fittings to mine. The grease removed all play and the rudder is very reliable now. I use a food safe, plastic safe, synthetic, white grease. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Muckley" <muckl...@gmail.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:49:56 PM Subject: Stus-List 37+ rudder bearings? Anybody know anything about the rudder bearings on a 37+? When I pulled the 24 year old rudder, the shaft had some scoring and wear grooves. I looked up inside the "bearings" but couldn't tell if it was an actual bearing with rollers or just a bushing (rubber, fiberglass, bronze?). Thanks, Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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