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| Subject: | Re: rudder bearing play |
I am now part way through a repair. I am replacing the original bearings with precision
ball bearings. These are McMaster Carr number 57155K16 and are 3/16 ID,
5/16 OD with an extended center shaft.
The biggest part of this is to open the 1/4 inch holes to 5/16. There appears to
be enough metal to do this. The hole is first enlarged to 19/64 then reamed
out to 0.3115 to make it a tight fit.
The bolts may need to be sanded a bit with 400 paper to fit the bearing. If the
holes the bolts seat in have been enlarged, (as mine were). they can be opened
up to 1/4 inch and a spacer can be made out of bearing material (6391K124).
Also a spacer will need to be made to take up the about 0.2 inch space between
the top beating and the bracket.
There will be more and pictures when all this is finished.
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