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Offline chrisheile

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newer Marine Hardware Rudder O rings
« on: June 04, 2010, 06:10:46 AM »
Looking for O ring set for my '02.  I seem to recall speaking with Ron about the rudder and he said that it was O ring, not packing.
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Re: newer Marine Hardware Rudder O rings
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2010, 02:41:08 PM »
it is o-ring not packing
is it leaking?
have you given it a shot of grease?
I just looked , I don't have any, Ron might(?)

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Re: newer Marine Hardware Rudder O rings
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2010, 08:25:26 PM »
It is a 2002 (right after the Elan takeover).  I am pretty sure Ron told me that it was O ring.  It is leaking some but not badly.  I greased it last spring, not this year.  I'll do that.
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Re: newer Marine Hardware Rudder O rings
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2010, 03:02:16 PM »
Not sure what they were using, they burned their bridges with my former supplier who developed the trim tab rudder & supplied the rudders & ports as a matched set. To save a lot of time & shipping, dissassemble, pick out the old rings, run down to a good auto parts supplier & compare to a new ring & replace them. Good auto parts stores still have o-ring "kits" that they can match up to yours....RonT

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Re: newer Marine Hardware Rudder O rings
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 04:15:56 PM »
 I got mine at napa
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Re: newer Marine Hardware Rudder O rings
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2010, 07:05:22 PM »
I ordered the complete kit from www.skidim.com
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