Stus-List Play in the steering
Alan,
Are you able to reach all of the bolts through the access ports? The nut
actually came off one of my forward bolts. I'm going to try putting a nut in a
socket and hope I get lucky enough to have it catch. I cant get my hand in
there. (I wa
I have a selection of ratchet extenders on board, from 12" to 3", and
have used them more than once to place nuts on my boat. Handy ratchet
extenders, in my opinion, have rounded ends that allow a bit of play so
you don't have to line up the ratchet just exactly perfect. However, if
you need
Alan,
Are you able to reach all of the bolts through the access ports? The nut
actually came off one of my forward bolts. I'm going to try putting a nut
in a socket and hope I get lucky enough to have it catch. I cant get my
hand in there. (I was able to tighten the aft bolts.) Any other
sugg
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:46:51 -0400
From: "David Jacobs"
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Thank you all for the information. You guys (and ga
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Play in the steering
Graham
Are you able to reach the nuts on the starboard side adjustments.if so I could
use your help
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From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Graham
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Sent: July 14, 2014 5:35 PM
To: Jo
Dave,
Same thing happened to me. My cables came so loose they actually fell off
the radial wheel. The problem was the idler pulleys under the pedestal.
They mount on a plate which was made of mild steel. The plate corroded so
badly the pulleys moved enough to loosen the cables. I replaced m
: Stus-List Play in the steering
You guys must have freakishly long arms if you can reach the adjusting nuts for
the cable on the rudder quadrant, on mine it is about 30" from the end of the
quarterberth to the rudder shaft!
My method to get in there is to close the port cockpit drain se
Graham, that's how I got in there too, but I have a couple of access ports
in the well under the helm seat that Alan says can be used to get a wrench
on the nuts. Using those would have saved a lot of sweat wriggling around
under the cockpit. Now, has anyone made their helm seat "quick release"?
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Play in the steering
You guys must have freakishly long arms if you can reach the adjusting nuts for
the cable on the rudder quadrant, on mine it is about 30" from the end of the
quarterberth to the rudder shaft!
My method to get in there is to close
You guys must have freakishly long arms if you can reach the adjusting
nuts for the cable on the rudder quadrant, on mine it is about 30" from
the end of the quarterberth to the rudder shaft!
My method to get in there is to close the port cockpit drain seacock,
pull the hose off it and get it
Alan,
Good to know the nuts can be reached through the access panels! I
discovered this weekend that one of mine has no nut. I was dreading trying
to crawl in there.
Joel
35/3
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Tim Goodyear via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> You may need to remov
You may need to remove the cockpit drain hose in the port cockpit locker to
get to the quadrant (find a long, thin person would be my advice). Good
advice on the top bearing nuts - that took a lot of play out of my steering
when done last year.
Tim
Mojito
C&C 35 Mk III
Branford, CT
On Mon, Jul
David:
Center the wheel and lock it in place with the brake. Then tighten the four
screws that hold the bearing around the rudder post to the cockpit floor.
You'll have to remove the helm seat in order to reach in through the access
ports so you can hold the nuts with a wrench. Once that is d
David,
The big question, IMHO, is why is the steering loose now when it wasn’t
before. Chances are your cable is frayed and you should replace it ASAP.
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
After picking up our mooring and locking the wheel I felt something
"banging". I quickly found that the source was the rudder moving side to
side as the boat swung on the mooring. I went down below and found that the
steering cables were fairly slack and there was quite a bit of play, hence
the bac
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