Help , I provided my hull number to SVB ( Bavaria 36 2003 ) and they came back with a 68mm inner diameter bearing
Yet when I measure the rudder stock above the gland it’s a 60mm shaft
I’ve never had the rudder off and the delay means I need to preorder the bearing
Is the shaft a different diameter at the lower bearing ?
Thanks
Dave
For what it may be worth, at the end of 2011, having had my B36(2002) for a year, I had the yard change the rudder bearings, and I asked them to keep the old ones to show me when I returned a few weeks later. I kept those old bearings, I dont remember why, but I found them again in my garage a day or two ago. I didnt know or hadnt realised there was a step in the diameter of the rudder post until seeing the photo in one of the postings above, and so I have just been down to measure the old bearings.
The small bearing had the following dimensions:-
Internal Diameter ............................40mm
Outside Diameter ............................64.9mm
Height ............................................40mm
The large bearing had the following dimensions:-
Internal Diameter ..........................67.9 - 68.0mm at one end
and ................................................68.1 - 68.2mm at the other end
Outside Diameter .............................97.9mm
Height ............................................60.3mm
