I need to drop the rudder on my 35 for repairs but have run into a problem: all the bolts for the quadrant came off easily and I can slide a paint scraper in between the halves but I am unable to budge the pin that goes through the quadrant and the center of the rudder tube. On my boat, it is a stainless pin with one tapered end and there were hose clamps at either end to prevent it from moving. I raised the rudder a bit with a jack to take pressure of the pin and gave it a few wacks with a hammer and it didn't budge, I could see the end of the pin didn't really like the hammer wacks so I stopped and sprayed on some PB Blaster and moved on to another project. Has anyone encountered this? Is there any trick to getting that pin out? If PB Blaster doesn't loosen it up, I may apply some heat (judiciously).
Thanks.
Thanks.