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trptelf
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Initially Posted - 05/26/2013 :  11:50:06  Show Profile
We have a tiller and a backup tiller. I am trying to locate a plastic shim that is screwed to the bottom of the tiller to keep the tiller wood from rubbing the gel coat on the transom. We have one on a tiller, but want to purchase another for our backup tiller. Any ideas on what this is called so that I can locate it on CD or other store?

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Bill and Erin
Formerly of Cat25 WK/TR
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PZell
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Response Posted - 05/27/2013 :  08:02:58  Show Profile
I cut down an old batten and screwed it on top of the tiller so it wouldn't rub against the traveler tackle. For the bottom I've just screwed a screw in the bottom so that it butts on the little ledge of the rudder to decrease how far down the tiller will go. That way the tiller never reaches the transom. Last time out that wasn't working. For a quick fix I stuck a piece of velcro there to lift it up just enough. You could get fancier and glue a little shim on the notch in the rudder. That way you would not have to afix a shim to the tiller.
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Response Posted - 05/27/2013 :  10:27:40  Show Profile
Another approach, depending on how much you need to raise the tiller, is putting some washers on top of the gudgeons. That doesn't require any drilling, cutting gluing, or other surgery--as long as you still have clearance for the retaining pin in the upper pintle.
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islander
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Response Posted - 05/27/2013 :  13:43:07  Show Profile
If the extra washers don't raise the rudder enough just make one out of a cutting board like this.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/27/2013 :  14:29:39  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I like this solution! I keep bits of pieces of Rita's old cutting boards just for little projects like this. Another way to do it might be some UHMW tape on the underside of the tiller, but not as permanent as the strip of cutting board. I find that UV exposed UHMW tape tends to delaminate from the glue it's applied with in a couple of years. The irony is, the tape itself is perfectly usable, just the glue deteriorates.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/27/2013 :  17:50:53  Show Profile
I've had good results with silicone bronze flat washers.
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