Steering System

Steering System
Factory drawing: File:SW1160 Steering System Drawing.pdf
Photos: File:Steering System Photos.pdf

Helm Station Play
It is critical that there is no play in when you turn the wheel - if there is play, it can be taken up by tightening the cable ends that attach to each end of the rudder interconnect tube.

Rudder traveller car failure
SV Nimrod had their rudder traveller car fail while on passage between Queensland, AUS and Tahiti. Dave Straton added a second bearing car to reduce the load and increase reliability.
Redesign of the rudder traveller car: External Link

An alternative solution includes adding a non-castering wheel to the rudder traveller car

Alternative modification completed by Bill Lippincott on SV Moon Drifter