In need of opinions. Doing some maintenance on my catamaran strut by inserting some new octura Teflon bushes. The bushes I pressed out only went about halfway up into the strut, question is, do I completely line the strut from front to back with the new bushes or only put enough bushes to fill half the strut, as it was originally?
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So one bush either end of the strut, which would leave a void of about 27mm in the middle of the strut, is that ok?
Next question is I have pushed one of the bushes in but then back out as the flex cable and the shaft would not go through the bush as it was very tight. My internal diameter of the strut must be just under a 1/4 inch (outside diameter of Teflon bush is 1/4). Would you recommend drilling out the strut with a 1/4 inch drill bit?Comment
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So one bush either end of the strut, which would leave a void of about 27mm in the middle of the strut, is that ok?
Next question is I have pushed one of the bushes in but then back out as the flex cable and the shaft would not go through the bush as it was very tight. My internal diameter of the strut must be just under a 1/4 inch (outside diameter of Teflon bush is 1/4). Would you recommend drilling out the strut with a 1/4 inch drill bit?
#2: it sounds like perhaps your strut is a TFL or one of the ‘knock offs’ and therefore being metric bore. Carefully drilling or getting proper fitting bushings would be the optionComment
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Ok thanks. It was a strut for a genesis upgrade from rc boat bits in Australia with a skeg on it ( skeg was cut off few years back). So drilling is about my only option as the replacement bushes that will fit look like some sort of copper material and that is also what I pressed out. I want to run Teflon bush as that’s what I would prefer. So carefully drilling is what shall be.Comment
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Just an update.... I drilled the strut front and back only enough for the length of the bushes (which was about 9.5mm) plus some at the front of the strut to allow for insertion of the stuffing tube, with a cordless drill… turned out well.Comment
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