Rudder seals and bearings

[RenoirIII]

Greetings all,

I have a 2006 Elan 434 Impression which is coming out of the water in a few weeks. (Volvo Penta D2-55 with 130S-B sail-drive)

Can anyone steer me in the right direction in terms of inspecting and potentially replacing any seals and bearings in relation to the rudder shaft?

I would like to pre-order any parts so our time out of the water is reduced to a minimum to safe on costs.

Any other maintenance suggestions other than changing the oil in the sail drive?

Any advice will be appreciated?

Cheers...

[slug]

First you must identify your bearing

Lewmar , Jefa , JP3....

I would suspect it’s a Jefa bearing , they are the dominant supplier to European production boats

Jefa has a catalogue of spare parts by boat brand and a complete description of the bearing and it’s maintenance

https://jefa.dk/

https://jefa.com/ftp/old_boat_spare_parts/

https://www.jp3steering.com/en/rudde...ings/?mobile=1

[barnakiel]

Inspect by grabbing hard low at the tip then moving hard side to side and fore aft.


Since the boat is 2006 and light built, I would also drop the rudder and inspect the shaft.


You can check if it is still watertight by tapping it.



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