Chine Walking/ Stability Issue

[kfxguy]

You need I slightly bigger pin to take up the slack

[jakevisser10]

Can you help me find something that would work? I have the stock revolt 30 rudder.

[kfxguy]

Need the exact thickness of the pin in thousandths

[jakevisser10]

I can't find the thickness online and I don't have a tool to measure it. :/

[785boats]

Here's how I fix sloppy rudder pins.
Disconnect the rudder linkage from the rudder.
Drip some THIN ca glue into the top & bottom of the rudder pin, and also the moving parts of the bracket & blade.
Now continuously move the blade from left to right about 45 degrees each way until the glue sets.
When you think it has set & you stop moving, be sure to move it again within 5 seconds to make sure. If you stop too early it will lock your rudder for good.
If, when it has set, there is still some play there, repeat the process.
Now simply add some drops of light machine oil to all moving parts.
Works a treat.
You may need to do it again in a year or so. But I've got boats that were done 2 & 3 years ago & they are still fine. Depends on how often you run them.
But a few drops of light oil on rudder hinges every outing is part of preventative maintenance.

[MasterShake420]

Hey guys I'm new to the site but I think I can help. I happened upon this thread by accident trying to figure out my own revolt. I won't hijack the topic with my own setup, but it's extremely similar to yours including the transom mounted pickup and positioning. Well no matter what, I couldn't get rid of my violent chine walking at over 30% throttle. I tried everything on the web, the boat would not respond! Well yesterday I finally cracked it, I removed the transom mounted pickup I installed on a wild hunch, and low and behold it ran straight, true, and fast! Did 47.1 mph on 4s which is my personal best with my revolt. Only a little inboard trim tab was needed to keep her level but still excellent now. So today I'm trying it with the pickup pointed straight to the end of the keel because I'm telling you guys it was yanking my revolt down from the side it was mounted to and causing a bad chine walk. Just my experience and 2 cents.

[jakevisser10]

I've been curious about that since I first mounted it.

I decided to take it off as it wasn't really necessary. The cooling has never been a problem I just did it in the first place as a precautionary measure.


I also re-routed all the cooling lines. I just received my gps so I will hopefully be able to get a run in tomorrow!