Sailkb
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Anyone please weigh in, but Signal Charlie may have an interest in this post since I am referring to instructions on his blog. I am involved in a rudder upgrade. I am ready to install; have the new hardware. Question about the rudder cheeks. Instructions are to put nylon washers between the rudder cheeks and the rudder where the bolt attaches the two. But it doesn't appear it is made for that. The rudder cheeks fit snugly over my rudder blade. Instructions also call for the same where the tiller brackets attach to the rudder. I can see that since it needs to swivel. However, if I have washers on the tiller piece but not on the cheeks, the two will not match up nicely; tiller straps would slightly hang wider than the cheek assembly. This would not be a big deal, but doesn't seem right. So, question is, do you put washers between the cheeks and the rudder? Or am I reading that wrong.