CarpeDiem 430 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Hi all, Looking for some more advice please. My Gooseneck has gained a bit of a wobble over the years, the centre piece that attaches to the mast has more oval than a circle hole for the bolt. Any recommendations on how this could be repaired? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Take it off, to an engineering shop. It can easily be bushed back to size, or even welded and re-drilled.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Get it bushed or welded up and redrilled to the correct clearance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Hahaha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idlerboat 116 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 You may be able to ream it out to an even hole yourself by hand. A hard plastic bush of something like vesconite or similar works well and if you make a little extra as a spare now, you can tap the old one out and put a new one in further down the track when it wears again. Loctite (and others) make a glue especially for gluing plastic bearing / bushes to metal housings. Vesconite or similar materials are easy to drill and shape. You will find that you can even do a bit of backyard machining by putting a bolt through the bush, with a washer each end and nut, then spinning it all in a drill (ideally a pedestal drill) . You use a file as the tool for coarse removal and sand paper / wet n dry wrapped tightly around a piece of flat wood for fine. This will , with a bit of care, be quite accurate enough for what you want to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Fosters Knuckle, should be stocked at NZ Rigging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Machina 365 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Fosters Knuckle, should be stocked at NZ Rigging. Be prepared to wait 6 months or more unless you know who does the machining for them. They don’t do cast ones anymore . Lovely guy but very slow with the small bits and bobs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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