1970 F 25 rudder

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1970 F 25 rudder

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Can anyone tell me what this is? It fit on my rudder shaft.

Some type of locking ring?

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It holds the rudder in and rides on the rudder bushing/bearing
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Does it sit on top of the stuffing box?

pics anyone?
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Sanctuary 2 wrote:Does it sit on top of the stuffing box?

pics anyone?
No . , I will see If I can finf a photo to link to
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Your post should go through a board. The collar is on the post, usually sits on a washer or bushing on top of the board, usually just below the steering arm.

I`m sure Paul will post a pic.
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I will post a pic of what I have. I might be missing some parts.
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Sorry about the delay....

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Re: 1970 F 25 rudder

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Does anyone have a pic of the rudder bearing flange 1"
or know where i can buy one?
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Your boat sure does look like a 1971-72 F26. What's your hull number? I'll compare it to mine. Mine is 1972 F26. When I bought it, the previous owner thought it was a F25. My Hull number is 231-2061, which is labeled on inside of the fuse panel door in the head.

Here's a place to get some ideas regarding the collar.

http://www.deepblueyachtsupply.com/stee ... es-collars


Mine has a board running between stringers.

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I bought the hull a while back. Its been sitting in my backyard for years.
Pieced it together over the years. the best I can determine is it an early 70's
boat. Seems like Trojans are like snowflakes. No two are alike...lol

Have questions?

Whats the width of the board shown?

Is the rudder flange bolted to the board?

I'm curious as to what the red box is for?

Thanks for your help

Jim
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Sanctuary 2 wrote:
I'm curious as to what the red box is for?

Thanks for your help

Jim
The red box is for the trim tabs. Vabeach1234 will have to answer your other questions.

After reviewing your photobucket account, your boat is definitely either a 1971 or 1972 Trojan F26 (Trojan Model No. 231). If you look at the pictures in my photobucket account you'll see the two boats are the same. Good luck with the rebuild.
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Jim,
The board isn't much wider than the lag screw holes in the stringers where it's attached. When I get down the boat next time, I'll measure it as well as the thickness. The rudder shaft/post extends up through the board and there is a slit cut at the shaft that extends past each side of the shaft. Two long bolts are in the board at the slit so that the slit can squeezed to tighten around the shaft if needed. The rudder arm I believe just rests on the board. I'll have to check. I'll take more pictures as well. Let me know if you need any pictures of other things.
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Thanks for the input. I have many questions. Our boats are very definitely the the same.
F 26 Hardtop it is.

Question:

What size and how many batteries are you running?

How many bilge pumps and size, location?

Thanks in advance

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I've got a starting battery and two house batteries. The house batteries are hooked up in parallel. So the boat has two total banks. The starting battery is a smaller cranking/starting one and the house batteries are the larger deep cycle diehards. (One of the house batteries isn't holding a charge and needs replacing so it isn't hooked up to the other at the moment.)

I have a stern bilge pump that you see in the picture near the rudder. (I think that's a 500 gph)
I also have a forward bilge pump which is original. It's loud and never gets used and probably needs replaced. It's mounted on a board that spans the keel near the middle of the cabin floor. The water never gets high enough in the forward bilge to for it to come on.
I did rig a manual bilge pump that sucks the water out of the keel that I use every once in a while to get rid of Air Condition condensate and packing drips.

Keep the questions coming....
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