by Ülari » Sun Dec 13, 2020 17:27 pm
Today I decided to go for it and took metal saw sheet and made a longitudinal cut in bearing and then used chisel to break bearing longitudinally. After that, some poking with a wooden stich and came out really easy (hammer was not even needed for stick). Bearings are ofcourse semi-destroyed, but thats not a problem. New bearings are probably going to be Derlin or maybe bronze. Need to figure this out, since preferably rudder must go in with first try, since I need to lift boat for that, digging a hole is not an option.
No glue was inside, however if i remember correctly, for my previous boat, when I got new rudder and bearings with it, manufacturer adviced to use a putty for bearings, however outer diameter were large enough for pretty serious compression fit, that I had to sand them a bit, because after fitting the bearings at first, rudder did not go in anymore
Today I decided to go for it and took metal saw sheet and made a longitudinal cut in bearing and then used chisel to break bearing longitudinally. After that, some poking with a wooden stich and came out really easy (hammer was not even needed for stick). Bearings are ofcourse semi-destroyed, but thats not a problem. New bearings are probably going to be Derlin or maybe bronze. Need to figure this out, since preferably rudder must go in with first try, since I need to lift boat for that, digging a hole is not an option.
No glue was inside, however if i remember correctly, for my previous boat, when I got new rudder and bearings with it, manufacturer adviced to use a putty for bearings, however outer diameter were large enough for pretty serious compression fit, that I had to sand them a bit, because after fitting the bearings at first, rudder did not go in anymore