Cal 29 Rudder Post

Seasons greetings fellow Cal listers! Towards the end of last season my rudder suddenly (indicating a break of something rather than a wear sort of thing) became very stiff to turn, I thought at first it was the wire overlaying or somesuch but on inspection all appeared ok, anyhow I carefully limped to my haul out (with an emergency rudder on hand if needed) and have now dropped the rudder - wow, I knew it was going to be tight down there but I must have spent the best part of an hour on my head...fun, fun, fun! - even after the quadrant was removed completely the post was still very tight but eventually, and with a judicious use of lubricant, I managed to wiggle the rudder out, when it came there was also a certain amount of what looks like the remnants of a plastic sleeve, some of which I'm guessing slipped behind the sleeve and caused the tightness. I have searched long and hard through multiple forums and haven't found anything that even resembles a write up on the composition of the rudder assembly, does anyone have any idea of how this is made up, is there a sleeve, can it be replaced etc etc etc. The post itself shows some sign of wear but nothing substantial and not in any specific locations like at the bush. Thanks and regards, Grae Morrison 1972 Cal-29 #437 'Destiny' Red Bank, NJ

Some people have found that their rudder gets loose over time and solve the problem by inserting a shim made from a two liter pop bottle. John B Cal 227 #650 From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 9:30 AM To: CalList Subject: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 Rudder Post Seasons greetings fellow Cal listers! Towards the end of last season my rudder suddenly (indicating a break of something rather than a wear sort of thing) became very stiff to turn, I thought at first it was the wire overlaying or somesuch but on inspection all appeared ok, anyhow I carefully limped to my haul out (with an emergency rudder on hand if needed) and have now dropped the rudder - wow, I knew it was going to be tight down there but I must have spent the best part of an hour on my head...fun, fun, fun! - even after the quadrant was removed completely the post was still very tight but eventually, and with a judicious use of lubricant, I managed to wiggle the rudder out, when it came there was also a certain amount of what looks like the remnants of a plastic sleeve, some of which I'm guessing slipped behind the sleeve and caused the tightness. I have searched long and hard through multiple forums and haven't found anything that even resembles a write up on the composition of the rudder assembly, does anyone have any idea of how this is made up, is there a sleeve, can it be replaced etc etc etc. The post itself shows some sign of wear but nothing substantial and not in any specific locations like at the bush. Thanks and regards, Grae Morrison 1972 Cal-29 #437 'Destiny' Red Bank, NJ