Recent content by Tim Good

Me to. Looking to do this shortly and then circumnavigate. Gotta be worth a try

Take a look at the bearing and seal which resides at the top of the rudder tube inside the lazarette, perhaps just above the water line. The lip seal is metal. Perhaps bronze or brass. I’m certain it’s original from 1996. It’s got a stainless spring within for tension of the rubber seal no...

Thanks Vyv 👍

The photos below show the base my 2 inch rudder shaft. The part which slots into the shoe. It’s a boat from 1996. You’ll notice the small pitting. I’ve tried to use some welders crack dye but doesn’t show much up other that the pitting which is visible. What are your thoughts on this?

I know. Feeling like an idiot. This job started as a simple inspection. Then new seal and bearings at around £100. Then a new alloy sleeve replacement. Not the motor has been confirmed as goosed since the windings have largely burned out. It’s all getting to the stage of 70% cost of a new...

Could be easier to reduce the diameter of the flange of the new piece I think. 1mm is huge

Well the measurement is kind of irrelevant. What once fit now doesn’t. It’s not the end of the world as I can find someone who could machine off enough from the new part to slot in there. But still it’s really odd. I’m wondering if I whacked it too hard trying I get it apart.

Well that’s exactly what I thought. I assumed they sent me the wrong part or it was for a different model. So I dug the old part out and they’re identical…. and tried the old one where it fit previously… and it won’t go in. But I assure you that this time last week it went in there and with...

I’m rebuilding a Lofrans anchor windlass. The new brass part in the middle of the photo is meant to slide down into the lower older part with small tolerance of around .1mm. However the inner diameter of the old section should be 100mm but instead it’s now 9.13. That’s a huge difference. As...

Mark, I just want to drag this thread up again as I’m rebuilding mine now. The issue you had with that sleeve is that it’s was alloy against a stainless shaft. Mine just started disintegrating but worse that yours. You can still buy the replacement sleeve but it’s now made in brass. Problem I...

[IGNORE - problem found] Unsure if anyone can help but I have an old Lofrans Leopard. I’m rebuilding it with fresh seals and bearings. In addition I have to replace a sleeve that goes inside (540 on the diagram). The reason for the rebuild is that they used to make the sleeve from alloy and...

Yes indeed. Heading for Patagonia so want to be sure 👌

Yeah I think it must but it just looks strange rather than clean rings into which you could insert o rings or some other seal. There’s not scraping or wear in the shaft at that point so it must be very well aligned. Perhaps I’ll just try and insert and we’ll lubricated O ring and if I can’t...

Thanks. So in your skeg shoe what does the rudder shaft sit on? Metal to metal the same as mine? The other thing I’m slightly unsure of is a bronze plate that the shaft passes up through when entering the lazarette. It has groove inside which almost look thread like. No nipple or way to inject...

It’s hard to say. The shaft goes up through the hull and into this large section (B on the photo) fixed only with a vertical key. But it’s not fixed into it. This larger diameter section holds the quadrant and then goes up into the cockpit with a roller bearing at the top (photo shows the...