Dave, If the Cup is salvageable and threads are intact you can have a new cap fabricated to same dimensions with threads and have a grease fitting screwed into the cap and then screw it down to the cup and use a small grease gun thereafter without ever having to unscrew the cap again. This assumes that what you have left there is sound. Otherwise keep trying the group for a source of new assembly which is glassed into the rudder sleeve.
John Arpeggio C&C 32 1984 -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of David Kaseler via CnC-List Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 4:48 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: David Kaseler Subject: Stus-List C&C 33 Rudder Post lubrication I have a C&C 33 from 1975 and I have just discovered what appears to be a very deteriorated grease cup fitting on the fiberglass tube which supports the rudder post. It appears that the top of the grease cup itself has rotted away leaving just the sides and a very rusty body. I touched it and some metal feel off in my fingers. Have other C&C owners had to deal with this issue? What am I looking at? Can this fitting be replaced? Is it screwed into the glass or just glassed in. Can this be worked on with the boat afloat or am I going to sink the boat? Any help I can get with this project will be greatly appreciated. Thanks from a new member, Dave. Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
