I have a 1991 Huner 43 with some slop in the rudder/bushing. Does anyone know of any adjustments that can be made to reduce/eliminate the problem? I understand that the rudder post is tapered so is it possible to raise the rudder up the quadrant to reduce the post/bushing clearance?
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Hi Gerry, I don't think so, but Hunter Marine...
Customer Service can tell you for sure. The rudder and post are one integrated unit on our boat and the top of the rudder blade clears the hull by about one eigth inch. How much slop are you talking about? I wrote the following article for the H42 Knolwedge Base (your boat should be about the same), based on my discussion with Hunter Marine: "Don Martin with Hunter Marine Customer Service provided me with the following information about our 1991 P42. I've edited his response a bit for clarity: The rudder bearings are sleeves that are made from UHMW material. The sleeves do not require any lubricate. There is no adjustment on these bearings. If they develop too much side-to-side play then the bearings would need to be replaced. Anything over 1/8th inch play would be considered outside of tolerance and the bearing would need to be replaced. In another e-mail to Don I asked him whether it was a matter of dropping the rudder and popping the old bearing out or did it require special tools? He said that after the rudder is removed you should be able to remove the bearings by driving the top bearing out and from the underside of the boat you should be able to insert something like a 1 x 2 up into the rudder tube and there should be a ridge at the bottom of the top bearing, you should be able to get the 1 x 2 on this ridge and drive the bearing up. This would be reverse for the bottom bearing." Hope this helps. Terry
Customer Service can tell you for sure. The rudder and post are one integrated unit on our boat and the top of the rudder blade clears the hull by about one eigth inch. How much slop are you talking about? I wrote the following article for the H42 Knolwedge Base (your boat should be about the same), based on my discussion with Hunter Marine: "Don Martin with Hunter Marine Customer Service provided me with the following information about our 1991 P42. I've edited his response a bit for clarity: The rudder bearings are sleeves that are made from UHMW material. The sleeves do not require any lubricate. There is no adjustment on these bearings. If they develop too much side-to-side play then the bearings would need to be replaced. Anything over 1/8th inch play would be considered outside of tolerance and the bearing would need to be replaced. In another e-mail to Don I asked him whether it was a matter of dropping the rudder and popping the old bearing out or did it require special tools? He said that after the rudder is removed you should be able to remove the bearings by driving the top bearing out and from the underside of the boat you should be able to insert something like a 1 x 2 up into the rudder tube and there should be a ridge at the bottom of the top bearing, you should be able to get the 1 x 2 on this ridge and drive the bearing up. This would be reverse for the bottom bearing." Hope this helps. Terry
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