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11-22-2016, 07:15 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Charleston
Vessel Name: LAZY LIBRA
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 44
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 44
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Need rudder help with '78 Marine Trader 44
She has chain and shaft steering. Dual engine. What type of bearings, How do they come out? How do you remove the packing gland flange? Thanks.
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11-22-2016, 07:23 PM
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
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Pictures, pictures, pictures please.
Oh, and well lit and in focus.
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11-22-2016, 08:31 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Charleston
Vessel Name: LAZY LIBRA
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 44
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 44
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11-22-2016, 08:33 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Charleston
Vessel Name: LAZY LIBRA
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 44
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 44
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11-22-2016, 08:35 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Charleston
Vessel Name: LAZY LIBRA
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 44
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 44
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11-22-2016, 08:36 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Charleston
Vessel Name: LAZY LIBRA
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 44
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I will get better pics of the unit disassembled tomorrow
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11-22-2016, 08:43 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,567
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Greetings,
Mr. ww. Not sure about the answer to your questions BUT before you start disassembly MARK/IDENTIFY all your pieces (with a center punch, file grooves/marks or an engraver-ie: permanent marks) and take pictures of these marks so there will be NO question how to re-assemble. Don't ask how I know...
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11-22-2016, 09:01 PM
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
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Surprised to see such "old school" steering in a '78 boat! My '78 CHB is hydraulic.
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11-23-2016, 08:17 AM
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Guru
City: Trenton
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,522
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All Marine Traders are different but your steering system looks similar to mine. The bearings for the shaft along the starboard side are mounted in pillow blocks every 10 foot or so. Unless there are little doors for access, you will have to remove some interior to get to them.
Be sure to take a lot of detailed and well lit photos of the rudder shaft and steering gear. There is a specific order to the collars, washers and stuff to get everything lined up plumb for the cables to pull straight.
Check for any under slung wooden blocks bolted to the underside of the deck. Water has a habit of rotting the wood or rusting the bolts leaving the bearing to it's own devices.
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Al Johnson
34' Marine Trader
"Angelina"
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11-23-2016, 11:47 AM
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
Surprised to see such "old school" steering in a '78 boat! My '78 CHB is hydraulic.
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Cable steering was used well into the 90s or beyond on some boats.
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11-24-2016, 04:41 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wonderfulwade
She has chain and shaft steering. Dual engine. What type of bearings, How do they come out? How do you remove the packing gland flange? Thanks.
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Why do you need to be so radical..? My 1975 CHB has the same set-up, only the quadrant is somewhat more rusty, but the bearings are basically bullet proof, and I think mine are the original. They have grease nipples, but I confess to being a little casual re greasing them, but the system is so simple, (their claim to fame actually), they virtually last forever. The rudder had to come out once to replace the lower rudder post bearing, but not the rod bearings. Remember the old adage, "if it ain't broke..."
Heaven knows, there's enough stuff always that has to be done, without doing stuff that doesn't...
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11-24-2016, 12:25 PM
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt.Bill11
Cable steering was used well into the 90s or beyond on some boats.
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I just thought it strange since the boats are made by the same company in the same year. Not that the type of steering was in itself odd.
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11-25-2016, 12:06 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Charleston
Vessel Name: LAZY LIBRA
Vessel Model: Marine Trader 44
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 44
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The port side had caulking on the outside and leaked terribly.............while I'm in long term dry-dock I am fixing everything. I believe I've got it figured out.
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11-25-2016, 12:21 AM
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 5,438
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
I just thought it strange since the boats are made by the same company in the same year. Not that the type of steering was in itself odd.
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I hear you now. 👍
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11-25-2016, 04:48 PM
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Guru
City: Trenton
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,522
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Marine Trader. Same company. Never thought I'd hear those two words together.
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Al Johnson
34' Marine Trader
"Angelina"
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