Now rebuilding/restoring the rudders on my 1983 5.0. The rudder hold up arangement is a bungee that runs through the tiller handle/tube. One end loops around a hole in the rudder while the other end loops around a clevis pin that the Pivmatic hinges on:
The bungee is 1/4" diameter and appears to have had the rubber bands stripped out of it at the rudder attachment end. The entire loop is secured with hog/D rings. My questions are:
Is this the standard/factory arrangement?
The bungee has to hold the rudder up when not in the locked down/cleated position yet have enough length to allow it to lengthen w/o too much force or damage when the rudder is moved to the full down position. Is there a spec. for the bungee length?
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Hobie 16 (3 formerly)
MacGregor 25 (formerly)
Chrysler Dagger 14 (formerly)
NACRA 5.0 (currently)
High Point, NC
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