[quote=the-renovator]I was hoping that as you tighten/shorten the lock-bolt, it would tighten up in its seat, hopefully thats the situation in your case. When it comes to break-away tension on your rudders, just think of the force acting on the gudgeons and pins when the rudders hit an obstruction, could tear your transom off, so adjust your tension accordingly, enough tension so the rudders stay down when sailing at speed, but will pop when hitting something, that is guesstimating. Just play with the lock-bolt adjustment untill you're satisfied, I usually do this with boat on trailer, rudder locked down, I sit on the ground behind the rudder, grab the bottom and give a sharp, energetic tug. Repeat process on other rudder.
HTH
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