Had the same thing recently with mine, turned out to be the cables had so much old crud, dried grease and crap on them, they were sticking to the sheaves and quadrant, as soon as the cables were off, rudder was easily turned by hand. Try giving it all a good clean and re-oil, no doubt you'll also discover a bunch of meat hooks in the cable so you'll end up replacing the cables, and then the fittings as they are different now, and then breaking the compass mount on the binnacle and replacing that... ask me how I know. Cheers, Paul.
Orange Crush C&C27MkII, Sidney, BC. To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:40:05 -0400 Subject: Stus-List Lubricant for stiff rudder C&C32 From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com All the answers about freeing stuck bolts got me thinking about a problem I am having with my 1983 C&C 32. I have wheel steering and the rudder is very tough to turn. Boat has not been in an accident so post is not bent. I tried slackening off the cables – no result; tried adding a grease fitting to the rudder post cover and pumping it full of grease – just made a mess and no change. I suspect that someone has used the wrong sort of grease and it just needs degreasing. Rather than dropping the rudder, any thoughts about a lubricant that might help. Martin Hodgkinson C&C 32 “Latis” _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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