Steve;
You should also think about contacting an industrial bearing house in a large town near you. You will need the ID, OD, thickness, and type/material of the bearing. There might also be some markings on the race of the bearing. A good bearing distributor has a very good chance of being able to cross reference or find a suitable replacement. Specialized, low volume ball and roller bearings are ridiculously expensive to make. $300, $400, or more is not uncommon for anything really special. And it take a lot of pretty sophisticated machining and heat treating equipment to make bearings. So most bearings are made by a few manufacturers, and may be marked (private labeled) for the specific seller. It’s sort of like Orange Juice – my Uncle ran an plant in Florida that made orange juice. They did the brand that Bing Crosby hawked on TV (I don’t recall the brand but I do remember him talking about the “Parson Brown” oranges they used)…. The plant private labeled that brand of juice, and 35 others. So check out industrial bearing sources, not just boat part sources. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 1:44 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Chuck Gilchrest <csgilchr...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 44 Harken rudder bearings! Steve, Harken has been out of the rudder bearing business for nearly 15 years and no longer provide service for those items. Edson jumped in with replacement Harken bearings for a while, but they too got out of the bearing business. I’d say the best bet would be to determine the Harken stock number of the upper and lower bearings (possibly in the boat service manual) and then contact PYI in Washington State about replacement bearings from Jefa. They currently supply all the J-Boats with roller rudder bearings. Note that the bearing generally need to be replaced in pairs (upper and lower) as that’s really the only way to insure proper bearing alignment. If you can deflect the tip of the rudder more than 1 inch, either side to side, or front and back, there’s likely sufficient wear to the bearing races that would require replacement. You could also use a plain bearing set, from a company such as Tides Marine, but it would need to fit the ID/OD/ and height to be effective. Does your boat have a stainless steel or composite rudder post? Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 Landfall 35 Padanaram, MA From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> > On Behalf Of Steve Martin via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:21 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Steve Martin <stevemartin...@yahoo.ca <mailto:stevemartin...@yahoo.ca> > Subject: Stus-List C&C 44 Harken rudder bearings! Hi again, I'm wondering if anyone can give me the name of someone in the Saugeen Shores, lake huron, On. area that can inspect my rudder bearings for advice... I spoke with Don Casey and his advice was to have someone with experience/knowledge on the C&C's with harken bearings actually look at it as there can be a few different things wrong and some are less expensive fixes than others... So, if anyone has the name of someone that could help I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks Steve Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
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