Beneteau 375 rudder lower ring

[s2fast4u]

Hi, rudder has been removed on my first375 and I'm looking to remove slight play in lower rudder bearing.
Rudder bearing seems to be made of bronze or copper thin ring directly laminated in rudder tube.
When removing the rudder, I noticed that there is a kind of thin black coating or layer on the inside of the ring...probably a coating to make a good interface between bearing and stainless steel part on rudder post.
Any idea if it's stock or something added by a previous owner?
Since the layer is slightly damaged, what kind of material should infuse to replace?
Thank you in advance!

 

[s2fast4u]

By the way, the 325-345-405 have probably the same system!

 

[Philip_Oceanis 361]

Bronze ring laminated in rudder tube and stainless steel part on the rudder post. That's exactly the same with Beneteau 361 too. But that black coating???? Probably clean first everything, assembly and check if it looks OK before adding a new layer of that thing. Maybe it's not necessary. Of course it's always a good idea to ask Beneteau too.

 

[s2fast4u]

If you look well at the attached picture, you'll notice that thin inner coating : http://www.myyacht.com.au/inc/shop/images/e84db774665c3eae670816c8f7f35cb8.JPG
Probably teflon or graphite?
Regards

 

[Philip_Oceanis 361]

If you look well at the attached picture, you'll notice that thin inner coating : http://www.myyacht.com.au/inc/shop/images/e84db774665c3eae670816c8f7f35cb8.JPG
Probably teflon or graphite?
Regards

Unfortunately I get this message for the link.

Missing page!
Sorry, but the page you are looking for seems to be gone - you may have followed an old link from a search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing etc).
Please choose a link from the navigation menu.

 

[s2fast4u]

Hi,
You can try this one : http://www.myyacht.com.au/7/on-line-store/oceanis-373-bottom-bearing or simply type ''067894 beneteau'' in Google!

 

[Philip_Oceanis 361]

Hi,
You can try this one : http://www.myyacht.com.au/7/on-line-store/oceanis-373-bottom-bearing or simply type ''067894 beneteau'' in Google!

Isn't that the bronze ring stuck in the rudder tube (where the stainless steal part on the shaft turns)? I have never removed mine to actually see how it looks like but that doesn't look teflon or graphite.