Where to find Rudder Bush/Spacer

[Spyro]

I need one of these. I believe it's made from Delrin. I've scoured the internet for suppliers but have had no luck. All marked sizes are in inches.
Anyone know where I could get one?

 

[argus]

This morning I went to a local marine engineer ( in Essex ) who has quoted £35 to machine a piece of suitable material. I think its unlikely that you can buy one off the shelf good luck.

 

[stephenh]

These chaps sell short lengths of Delrin rod of various sizes on eBay for a few quid - you might give them a call ?
Buy a piece the right dia. and drill a hole through?

Ringwood Precision Engineering
Unit 2 Millstream Trading Estate
Ringwood
Hants
BH24 3SA
Tel 01425 476296

haven't used them myself but they look promising.

 

[PBooth]

Hi, I have just made some out of a kitchen chopping board (high density polyethylene). I cut the outer diameter with a 50mm holesaw and the inner with a 25mm holesaw, cost a couple of pounds.

Peter

 

[kenhick]

whitlock now lewmar, i think they come whith the rudder bearing

 

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Hi Spyro.
There is a company in East Kilbride who supply nylons and other manmade products.
I bought a 1mtr length of polypropelene billet, 1"x2" 2 yrs ago, although they had to get it sent up from their branch in England. Cant remember the name, but I will have a look through my books for it.
Cheers, Eamonn.

 

[Frankklose]

You still have in Britain engineers which fix the agriculture equipment (tractors etc). These engineer are not like car mechanics which can only swap parts. They still have a lace etc. in their shop and are still able to make their own spare parts. The usally have a supply of DELRIN as well. Just visit the country side.
I live in Germany and when I needed a new bearing for my Jeanneau rudder these guys made one for me.

 

[Spyro]

Thanks for replies so far. The chopping board sounds like it's worth a try if I can find the right material

 

[cliff]

[ QUOTE ]
Hi Spyro.
There is a company in East Kilbride who supply nylons and other manmade products.
I bought a 1mtr length of polypropelene billet, 1"x2" 2 yrs ago, although they had to get it sent up from their branch in England. Cant remember the name, but I will have a look through my books for it.
Cheers, Eamonn.

[/ QUOTE ]"Tufnol" in East Kilbride? Talk nice to them and maybe they let you raid their scrap /off-cut bins - picked up a load of rod and sheet material a couple of years ago for the sake of asking. Not only "Tufnol" but "plastics" as well, nice chap even marked the pieces what they were. They also have an inhouse machining service which was pretty reasonable cost wise.
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[PBooth]

Hi, mine came from IKEA, but any kitchen shop will have one, look for 'HDPE' moulded on it. If you can find a 6mm sheet of Delrin, this method could be used to make the spacers from that . If you cut the large diameter first, you can use the pilot hole to centre the inner hole so they will be concentric.

Peter

 

[Bodach na mara]

Devol Engineering in Greenock were specialists in this and other plastics at one time. Their web site is
http://www.devol.com/[url]

 

[Aja]

Again - QD Plastics in Dumbarton provide bearings machined to your requirements.

Have lots of experience in this field.

Tel 01389 762377

Donald

 

[samwise]

Take care about EXACTLY what material you are using. Delrin and other specialist "plastics" are designed to provide good wear characteristics as well as being resistant to swelling when in contact with seawater. If you are not careful your cheap and cheerful chopping board "fix" could cost you more in the long run. If you want to put the costs of the £35 machining job into perspective, have a look at the price of off the shelf rudder bushings . I paid over £80 to replace the bushes on my Westerly Storm.

 

[Strathglass]

When I was making my rudder bearings a few years ago. I went into Inverness bearings and they ordered me a 4" diameter rod of the correct material about 15" long.

Using about half of it I had all the bearing bit's turned and I also had a spare thrust washer made.

There seems to be plenty of places that have been quoted by formites around you quite capable of making one.

Iain