Unknown Parts

[French]

Any one know what these are for.
item one:

[French]

The second part:

[S.Airing]

#1 looks like the block with jam for a down hall,#2 bottom part of a bilge pump.I see you still have the old style of rudder post bearing,does it leak?

[French]

No leaks at the rudder post, I guess I have beginners luck.

Down haul block  w/jam... that would be for the bottom of the boom or tighting the foot of the main sail...? Both of these are just tied now. When I got the boat there were extra things laying around in a drawer. I'm slowly piecing thing together as they should be.

[Bill]

That is not the rudder post bearing.  That is the end cap that holds things in place.  The bearing fits inside and under the end cap.

[S.Airing]

Not on Sirocco Bill,I bought Sirocco from the original owner 11 years ago the old man I got it from was too tight to replace the toilet paper let alone the rudder cap bearing,it had the original cap With 2- O rings just like on Frenches boat.I have only taken 2 apart the other was a Trition and it had just the cap also.The  bearing as per the drawing in the manuel is what I show and had made in the rudder post picture ,it wont fit under that cap.I dont see why you would need both ,they are both the same thing.The only reason I would see to take this apart is if you have an inboard because the prop shoots water up the shaft.Anyone with an outboard should probably never see this problem and never have to touch this.It had to be a change from Pearson.What do you have ?Lets see a picture.

[S.Airing]

Still waiting to see someone reply about the rudder bearing.Am I the only one that only has the 1 bearing without the cap?Or the cap with out the bearing.If Im wrong its been working pretty good for the last 5 years or so.I also encourage all the lurkers that do not register to reply to this if I`m wrong.

[Mike Goodwin]

Mine was just a cap with an O-ring , I added a piece of cutlass bearing , works great !

[Tony G]

Number 113 has just a cap that is lacking the o-ring!  I thought finding or fabricating and replacing the bearing was just another task on the to do list before we take the plunge.  Maybe not?  Is the bearing needed?

[S.Airing]

I have found that the rudder post cap and the bearing serve the same pupose,but the bearing has alot more surface area on the shaft.My cap had an egg shape were the shaft came threw from years of use and would no longer seal out the water under power.The bearing gives the tiller a much more solid feel.I still thing that the bearing is a Pearson revision from the cap just like the cockpit support.The drawing in the manuel is dated 1982.I am happy to see Im not a lone on this.

[S.Airing]

Tony G.,your cap should have 2 o-rings,1 for around the rudder shaft and 1 for around the outer rudder post.

[Brent]

I think #66 just has the end cap. I haven't dismantled it yet, but the cap is loose (I can pull it up) and there seems to be a lot of play in it.

[Mike Goodwin]

Here is what I put under my cap ;
Gives a lot of bearing surface and now there is zero wobble in the shaft .

Mike G

[S.Airing]

Mike,thats a smart idea.I assume the cutlass bearing fit down in the tube without any modificationYou would still need the cap with its 2 o-rings to seal out the water.My cap was shot and would no longer keep out the water so I would of had to have another one made.The bearing I had made from the Pearson drawing has 2  places for the o-rings.

[S.Airing]

My 13 inch wheel pumps alot of water up the shaft,the post has to have a really good seal.If you own an outboad model this wouldnt be as much of a concern.