Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing
- Thread starter thetone
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To Drop your rudder, you must pound out that Pin, that holds your rudder in the boat.
I would suggest taking the rudder weight off that pin, by blocking and shimming under the rudder
Or use a hydraulic jack the some people use to raise a car frame up.
Then pound away.
Jim...
I would suggest taking the rudder weight off that pin, by blocking and shimming under the rudder
Or use a hydraulic jack the some people use to raise a car frame up.
Then pound away.
Jim...
After a closer look at your pin again today it appears to me that the pin has become a steel rivet on both ends. Based on that supposition my approach would be to cut each end off the pin with a Dremel tool near the surface of the cast aluminum clamp. The pen could then be precisely drilled on each end with a meticulously centered hard drill bit near the same size as the pin and then pressed out not hammered. Using a drill bit the same size as the pin would not be satisfactory unless you could get the whole assembly into a drill press.
Only on the back side is it flared.
Thus he need to pound it out from the side shown on my annotated picture above, with no weight on the rudder.
Once out, save that pin.
Jim...
