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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by francoisl[/i] [br]Here is a photo of my hanger casting kit. At first, I thought that it had not so much wear, but I wonder now. There is a gap of 1/16 to 1/8 inch around the pivot pin in the castings, one casting seems a little more eroded that the other. The pivot pin is corroded on the surface that is in contact with the interior of the casting. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IBUDahGq6sqTpo8eth3b_jloEb3lkJJz/view?usp=sharing For the catalina 250, I wonder if I should not use the C-25 Keel Pivot Pin Bushing to give some additional ridity between the pivot pin and the hole in the rudder instead of have the pivot pin directly in contact with the epoxy of the rudder. https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/catalina-25/hull-deck/keel/pivot-assy/c-25-keel-pivot-pin-bushing/ Should I use the pivot pin bushing and should I change the pivot pin and castings? Thanks. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.