In the attached photo, so any other 33s have a zirc fitting to grease this collar? There are two threaded holes and I’m wondering if a grease fitting should be in at least one of them. I can’t find anywhere to grease my rudder.
Thanks
Michael Passero NS33 #42 New London
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Hi Mike,
On my previous 30 ft. Nonsuches the grease cup was located down below under the steering quadrant wheel. The two threaded holes you are looking at in the photo are allen headed lock screws for the rudder shaft nut, not a place to put a zirc fitting. As far as I know there is no grease fitting at the top of the shaft.
Frank Anderson
Galene #166 NS 26 C
Lynnfield, Ma.
I believe the threaded holes are for “grub screws” to lock the big dome nut to the rudder shaft. The “grub screws” on my N26 are tightened using an “Allan Key”. Also again on the N26 but probably the same on the N30, if you wiggle yourself inside the hull below the cockpit to where the rudder shaft exits the boat you will find a grease fitting to lubricate the rudder. My boat originally had a screw down grease cup which had loosened in the fiberglass. I replaced it with a larger conventional Zerk fitting. Make sure someone knows you are inside your boat, you could get stuck down there.
Allan and Judy N26C Swale Ottawa Canada.
Be careful when you are tightening the set (grub) screws on the dome nut. They are jamming against the thread on the rudder shaft. Someone over-tightened the set screws on my 26U and damaged the rudder shaft threads. Now the dome nut cannot be unscrewed..The recommended approach is the insert a small length of brass dowel between the set screw and the rudder shaft. When the set screw is tightened, the soft brass will not damage the threads on the rudder shaft.
The rudder grease fitting on Nature is a 1/4 NPT pipe thread.
Mike
You should find the rudder grease cup down below under the steering quadrant in the cockpit locker. You will have climb down one of the cockpit hatches and lay on your side to see it. It is screwed into the wood frame surrounding the rudder post on the hull.
Mike
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Mike, I found the hole but it appears to have been filled with resin. Will investigate further
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