Greetings to all, I decided to do maintenance on my kick up rudder and it has been impossible for me to remove my old 3/8 pintles from the casting to replace them with new 1/2 pintles. I have tried everything, penetrating oil, hammer blows, even a tie rod extractor tool and nothing, it does not move. any technique or trick to remove it? I would appreciate any answer that helps me, thanks.
Stuck Kick up Rudder Pintle
- Thread starter Manuel Mendoza
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Pictures might help as the kick up rudders I believe changed once or twice if i remember correctly. However have you tried heat? I believe the castings are aluminum so it may be a corrosion issue.
Ours was corroded badly enough that it had lost multiple chunks of the aluminum casting. I know it's not the answer you're looking for, but we went with @Jacktar's solution and bought the Ruddercraft. I know @Gene Neill broke a weld on his Ruddercraft, but ours has worked well for us.
Went with a new ruddercraft as well, i would try some heat on the aluminum not a torch but get it good and hot then apply ice to the pintle ( like installing bearings but in reverse) might loosen up enough to tap it out.
Yep 35-40 year old mistreated aluminum to stainless nuts and bolts or screws usually do not respond well to any thing. or tool!
Heat is your only real hope. Before I dropped the coin on a new Ruddercraft, I'd bloody torch those bolts hotter than the hinges of hell.
Greetings to all, truly grateful for all your answers and suggestions, I tell you that finally I had to drill the aluminum piece and pierce the stuck pintels, with a lot of patience I weakened them from the center and finally when it was very thin the walls came out with blows of hammer. Thanks once again, sorry for the google translator.