[ham] [Rhodes22-list] Rudder problems

[Michael Meltzer]

did the painters take it apart to paint it? by non swivel, do you mean frozen or just very hard?

if it is frozen and they did not take it apart is might simple be the paint is locking it, like a window painted shut, a little
force should break the seal, also the paint adds a little thickness. if they took it apart all bets are off, you need to make sure
all of the hardware is not blocking the pivot. You seem to think it the wood spacer, generally they expand over time, not shrink.
the rudder should come off by only removing the "pivot" screw, take it out and try to slide the rudder off, see what it is hung up
on, sand down around the pivot area on the rudder until thing come back to normal.

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saroj" <saroj at pathfind.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 9:10 PM
Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Rudder problems


Well, my boat finally was launched on Friday with new bottom paint and other minor repairs completed.  I have two problems with the
rudder.  It does not swivel any longer.  I loosened every bolt and finally took some out altogether.  It appears that either the
bottom piece is warped or the pieces of wood that act as separators for the aluminum housing have shrunk to a size smaller than the
part that can be raised.  (I hope someone can tell me the proper names for these things).  I thought I could perhaps insert a washer
between the wood spacer and the aluminum part, but what about two different types of metal touching.  I also considered
fiberglassing the wood which would add thickness and also make it waterproof.  Or I could cut more pieces of wood slightly larger
thus providing more space.  Any ideas?

Also there are small openings inside the holes where the line goes to pull up on the rudder.  Water pours out of these after it has
been in the water.  Can't be good for it to get all that water in there.  Should I fill these openings with epoxy filler to keep the
water out?

I'm eager to sail (if it ever stops raining here), but can't until the rudder can be swiveled.

Hoping to get this fixed by Thursday to go out over the weekend on the boat.

Saroj
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