Me too! I replaced my original 40” wheel with a 42” Lewmar folding wheel,
expensive, but a great upgrade! Can’t help on the fit though, the Lewmar fit
perfect.
James
“Delaney”
C&C 38 Mk 11
Oriental, NC
From: Chuck Saur via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 3:35 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.c
Chuck,
The Edson and Yacht Specialties wheels should be interchangeable. Both would
have a 1” shaft with ¼” keyway with an overall hub depth of 2 3/8”. However,
if the steering wheel was a metric bore from a Goiot steering system or from an
Asian made knock off, it may have a 25mm bore and 6m
Get some calipers and take measurements on the pedestal. Then take the new
wheel to a machine shop. They can do it perfect for relatively cheap.
OTOH, you could take both wheels to the shop and have them match the new to
the old.
Edson made a tapered shaft and straight shaft. You may be encount
Chuck; my path down the "wheel envy road ended with the purchase of a 40 "
Lewmar folding wheel; I have had it on three different boats and I love it; I
will never go back to a conventional wheel...; I had to take it to a local
machine shop to get it to fit the steering hub; (the first boat wa
Chuck,
Welcome back! FWIW, my 35/3 has a 42 inch Edson wheel. I replaced the
camel's hump with a lower, narrower homemade teak seat that is an arch.
Maybe a rotary rasp on a drill? Sounds like a couple thousandths of an
inch is all you need.
Joel
35/3
Annapolis
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 3:35 PM
