One-piece rudder is not supposed to be fixed. The gudgeons (fittings attached to rudder) are supposed to slide up and down on the pintle rod (rod held in fittings attached to transom)
exactly!
To be frank, it is a kludgy set-up,
mine works easily. never had an issue. original to the boat (built in '83). -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:08 AM, <swwheatley@comcast.net> wrote:
John:
One-piece rudder is not supposed to be fixed. The gudgeons (fittings attached to rudder) are supposed to slide up and down on the pintle rod (rod held in fittings attached to transom). To be frank, it is a kludgy set-up, but I am too cheap to buy a new rudder. After 2 years of fine tuning and a new pintle rod, I still cannot get mine to slide smoothly. Next step will be drilling the gudgeon holes a smidge larger. Hopefully that will do it.