[quote=bobcatnj]Bill,
We've got the same thought process. I've got to go to West in the next week or so and plan on getting new pivot bolts. I'm not sure If I can find a set of the spring bolts but I may be able to take a longer bolt and cut the thread. Thanks for that idea. I have all the hardware from the broken rudder casting in my box of parts and all the bolts are tweaked at some point the previous owner was moving the cat and the inside of the rudder caught on a tree trunk and snapped the casting.
For the DS...My thinking was to get a used cross member with a freed up DS (Pete you have a PM) I noticed that the port side of the cross member has an area about the size of a quarter that has the AL chaffed off. Its not a dent rather it looks like a bare stay cable or block was rubbing against it for years. I'm concerned that its going to make the cross member weaker. Hopefully I can replace the whole assembly used cheaper than I can replace the DS rod.
Next 2 purchases are West system and eventually paint and primer. The real work will start in the next few weeks as the temp warms up and I can get the cat off the trailer to paint and re bearing and re wire the trailer. I've reserved a spot in my friends garage for late March - May to get the hulls primed and painted. My goal is to launch the 2nd week of May.[/quote]
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