Interestingly, I was just about to place a post about a clunking/crunching
sound that seems to come put I'd the idler pulley as the wheel is turned either
port or starboard from straight ahead. Is this the same issue, either
lubrication (which I have tried, but perhaps not properly) or replacement of
the idler wheels or axles?
Thanks!
Bruce Whitmore 1994 C&C 37/40+
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-------- Original message --------From: Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 8/24/17 10:08 AM (GMT-05:00) To:
cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Chuck Gilchrest <csgilchr...@comcast.net> Subject:
Re: Stus-List wheel squeak
Richard,Make sure to use a non-petroleum based lubricant for the bearings that
support the wheel shaft (such as Superlube or other Teflon based grease).
Don’t squirt WD-40 or any light weight spray lubricant into the grease holes
as it will tend to flush any lube out of the nylon caged bearings. You can
also check to see if the bearings are worn if you can move the wheel shaft up
and down, or side to side. There should be no play in the shaft at all.. Edson
does sell a “pedestal rebuild kit” that includes bearings, circlips and all the
other thrust washers and replacement components for the wheel shaft. If you go
down that road, I’d also take the time to replace the brake shoes if everything
else is apart. The other possibility for your squeaky noise is the sheave pins
(axles) for the bronze idler wheels. They ride on plain bushings and in the
“old days” the axles were also bronze, which will wear out eventually and allow
the sheaves to go flying into the bilge under tension at the worst possible
time. If those have never been checked, replaced with stainless pins, or
lubricated as described in Edson’s steering maintenance instructions, I would
certainly do so. Once the sheave pins wear, the sheaves go out of alignment
and the squeaking you hear may be the axles getting ready to let go. Finally,
the Edson Idler plate at the base of the pedestal is generally made of mild
steel below the deck. Not terribly subjected to the elements, but they can and
will eventually start to rust. Once that happens, sheaves, cable alignments
and other critical steering components can be affected, so check for a rusty
idler plate as well as wobbly sheave uprights. Whatever you do, don’t wait for
it to fail to fix it.. Boats without steering are not safe by any stretch of
the imagination. The folks at Edson are very good at walking you through what
you need and they have data sheets on most every C&C Steering system they sold
for our boats.Cheers,Chuck GilchrestS/V Half Magic1983 35 LandfallPadanaram, MA
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson
via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 9:42 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List wheel squeak Is it an Edson pedestal? If so, there are
two places to squeeze in grease under the compass. If you look on YouTube
there are Edson videos on replacing the bearings and they show the grease
points. I just did the bearing replacement on my current boat. Joel On Thu,
Aug 24, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Richard Walter via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:Greetings, The wheel on our 1978 36-footer has always squeaked to
varying degrees. Anyone found a solution to squeaky wheels? When it comes to
getting grease, I cannot locate a grease fitting (Zerc). Anyone added one?
Thank you,Richard s/v INDIGO
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