zevbsurfn wrote:
ello Matt,
I broke the Rudder casting top tongue part last night coming in on the beach at la fonda without kicking up the rudders. it is a 1981. where can i find this part. it seems that it still locks down but it does not hold up as the tongue is missing now that it broke off. my email is
[email protected]any help would be appreciated. i called hobie and they do not have it
When you talk about the "tongue part," are you referring to the cam/latch at the top of the lower casting, that latches to the upper casting? or are you talking about the piece on the upper casting that is latched onto? There are two different styles of rudder castings, an older "pre-1987" casting and a newer style. The older style used a metal latch/cam to latch onto a metal roll pin on the upper casting, and the castings and parts for them are no longer in production, but replacement castings can be found somewhat readily on ebay. The newer castings use plastic cams to latch onto a cam plate that is bolted to the upper casting. The newer style castings were more adjustable and allowed for the replacement of parts, whereas the old ones did not, so that's what Hobie made standard across their boats. Parts for the newer style can be purchsed from any Hobie dealer.
see page 59 of the parts & accessories catalog for more information:
https://cdn.hobiecat.com/digital_assets ... 1489847883