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Joined: Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:18 pm Posts: 73 Location: League City, Texas, USA
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I broke one recently when popping the rudders up before hitting the beach. In this case it was because I was lifting the rudder arm up using the cross bar, which put significant shear stress on the plastic component. I normally get the cams to break loose by pulling up on the rudder arm, but in this case I didn't and managed to break the part. I hadn't broken one of these parts on either the previous Tiger or Hobie 18s which I had converted to the miracle system that uses the same part - so I think the part is strong enough.
Jacques is spot on about why the Tiger cross bar connectors need to be fixed. A friend has an old Tiger and the cross bar connector became free to rotate. It can flip completely upside down, locking up the steering (not desirable). It is possible to stop them rotating by drilling out the rivets that secure them to the rudder arm, set the bolt inside very tight (using thread locking compound such as Loctite) and then riveting them back on.
Chris.
_________________ 2008 Hobie Tiger
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