Swing keel bushes

[ChrisL]

Have recently dropped out the swing keel of our Gibsea262 to find that the reason it clanks a lot is the 24mm SS pivot pin fits less than snugly through the alloy keel fixing tube which has a 33mm internal diameter.

Any recommendations on how fill this gap & secure the keel a little better? - something like a short tube of hard nylon sounds the right thing but I've drawn a blank finding any. Also would need washers of the same material 24mm internal & 50mm external.

The previous owner gave me a receipt for many hundreds relating to a boatyard replacement job - 5 years ago - but there was only one tiny sliver left of the material they used!

Thankyou

Chris Lund

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[snowleopard]

the swing keel sonatas used a 1" dia nylon rod as a pivot. it was tight in the case but loose in the hole in the plate. i removed one after many years use and it was hardly worn.

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[surekandoo]

Not a good idea to have stainless steel & aluminium in contact in salt water I wouldn't have thought.

You could try your local plumbers merchants to see if they have any MDPE (blue/blackyellow plastic) pipe in a suitable thickness/wall diameter. Have you searched for "structural nylon" on net e.g. google?

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[ChrisL]

Thankyou,
I've looked on internet a fair amount but the word "structural" helped weed out a lot of dross )

I'm also told there is a man who attends boat jumbles with bits of nylon etc. - but have not found him yet.

Regards

Chris

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[Col]

Look in the Yellow pages for plastic suppliers. You should find one locally, if not PM me & I can give you the phone no:s for a couple local to me.

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[ChrisL]

That worked a treat, I think I'm on to something now.

Thankyou all

Chris

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