[mustard51]

Greetings,
I have a problem. I'm trying to remove the tiller and rudder from my Cat 22. At the beginning of last season I put the rudder on the boat by simply slipping the two pins on the rudder into the two gudgeons on the transom. I want to remove the rudder so I can install the mast crutch and trailer the boat properly.
However, no matter how hard I push up on the rudder the pins won't budge out of the gudgeons. I've had a couple yard mechanics try and they had no luck either. We sprayed some penetrating oil on it but no good. The rudder swings left to right easily so it's not all seized up and I know there is that little spring tab near one of the pins but that is not even touching yet.
Is there some trick I don't know about to removing this rudder/tiller unit? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Sal Paradise]

No trick but they can be a little bit stubborn. I would put blocks underneath and use an oak board to lever it up while someone on the boat pulls it up. You really should not trailer it on the road with the rudder on.

 

[Gladrags1]

I seem to remember that there was a pin through the bottom of the uppermost pin??? It's been some 23 years since I owned a Catalina 22 though.


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[chip]

There were a couple times when I could have sworn that the spring tab wasn't touching, but as soon as I pressed it, the rudder came right off. I'm not sure what else it would be. My pintles didn't have any sort of lock on them, other than the spring tab that you described. They were just kind of rounded, bullet shaped pins.

 

[mustard51]

OK thanks everyone. I'll try those suggestions.

 

[Barquito]

If all else fails, take the gudgeons off of the hull. Maybe there is a groove worn into the pintles. If there is sand smooth before putting the thing back together.

 

[mustard51]

Hmmm, that's an idea. Thanks.