Camille, I originally had steering which was stiff and somewhat resistant to turning. My problem turned out to be old dry crusted grease in the rudder tube. After dropping the rudder, cleaning out the old, and replacing the rudder lubed with SuperLube, resulted in nice smooth steering. I grease it via a cup about once a year. All remains nice and well.
It sounds easy, but it was a challenge to remove the radial. The bolts holding the radial together in my case were galled/corroded in place. Take a look at by blog post: http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/2014/12/rudder-and-steering.html <http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/2014/12/rudder-and-steering.html> As for a grease cup, you likely do have one (or had one). it should be on the aft starboard side of the rudder rube. It is easy to access with the steering radial removed. Regular access requires an arm contortion trick: open the deck access plate just aft of the rudder post, stick you arm down and twist it under the radial drive disk, then reach towards the rudder post. It should be there. - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Fort Walton Beach, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ <http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/> > >> On Apr 24, 2019, at 11:10 AM, Camille Cloutier via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We just signed in the CnC-List mailing list and we would have a question >> concerning our C&C boat Landfall 38. We live in Qu?bec and we are french >> speaking so I'll try to express myself as good as I can :) >> >> We find that the streering wheel is harder to turn then other C&C we have >> tried. We have replace all the wires so we are sure that the problem >> doesn't come from the pedestal. In the instruction manual, they talk about a >> grease cup which we don't have. We don't have teflon washer around the >> rudder shaft in the water either. >> >> Does anyone have informations about how the whole rudder system is put >> together so we can recondition it to have a smooth and easy steering wheel >> ? >> >> Thank you very much >> >> Camille
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