Rudder bearings are wearing parts. The bearing play increases with age; the rudder shakes or rattles. There are good and unfortunately also very expensive solutions for this. On our boat, the lower bearing was intact, but the upper bronze bearing was worn out. In its place, we installed a solid but inexpensive plastic flange bearing, such as the one sold by Igus GmbH in various diameters for just under 20 euros. The flange bearing is self-aligning to a limited extent.
- Dr Jörg Becker, Essen
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