[Capri25] Rudder Post

Tue Mar 2 06:31:26 CST 2010

Along the same lines - I just posted an article from the Capri National Association on the same topic 

http://wyc.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=BYo3Muj2JNM%3d&tabid=1038 

You may need to copy and post the link directly into your browser. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Dickerson" <Doug at Molgren.com> 
To: "Rick Tanler" <rtanler at eivia.com>, "Scott Seager" <scottaseager at gmail.com> 
Cc: capri25 at lists.wyc.org 
Sent: Monday, March 1, 2010 8:13:10 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: [Capri25] Rudder Post 

West does not have bushing the best is Duran. Some of us have made bushings but the diameter of the post is different for each Capri. (Yea right… just ask Steve Hanson who assumed they were all the same diameter) Taxi, Tsunami and Redshift have made bearings but you don’t need to. The reason we made bushings is because we all had such a large slant in our post. Tsunami was about 12 degree off. The joke is what day your Capri was made. Offline was made on Wednesday it is parallel with the keel. You can have bushing made but you will have to send in your rudder and post. 

It really is not necessary. 

KISS 

What I would do is gouge it. 

1. Rick it real easy just gouge it. Epoxy. 

1. Use a long small extension grinder… wire cleaner brush to clean and ruff up the surface of the tube. I have one if you want to borrow. 

2. Then you wax the rudder post twice. Make sure it paste waxed really good. Leave the wax on. Don’t puff. 

3. Then use a mid grade silica West 406-407 silica with the epoxy no need for the graphite. About peanut butter consistency. Gouge the tube and post. 

4. Then put the rudder post back in and twist and move up and down to get good coverage. Then let set. The epoxy will drip on to the rudder so have rags ready. 

5. Once it sets you break the rudder free. 

I have done three boats this way and it works great. 

Doug 

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