Hi Tom, I am told not all rudderposts have a keyway that reaches down the post far enough. I was lucky; mine did. It may be that you exposed the shaft further down than I did. I've heard from others that they didn't have a keyway and had to drill the post and install bolts. Your other choice is to remove the rudder and have a local machine shop to extend the keyway. I didn't take C&C's word for it concerning the diameter of the rudder post. I carefully measured mine and Edson bored it to order.
Best of luck, Gary S/V Kaylarah '90 C&C 37+ East Greenwich, RI, USA ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 6:19 PM Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I am moving forward with the below deck linear drive install. We put in > the structural support and then exposed the rudder post. However a few > oddities. > > First, in spite of the build plans calling for an 80mm diameter rudder > post it is, in fact, 75mm. And, although the Images that Josh posted if > his install show a keyway on his post, mine does not have one. > > I’ll check with Edson to see what they recommend for attaching the tiller > arm. > > Sigh... > > Stay safe all. > > Tom B > > Typoed from my iPhone > > Tom Buscaglia > Alera 1990 C&C 37+/40 > Vashon Island WA > O 206.463.9200 > C 305.409.3660 > Skype - thombusc > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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