When to replace rudder bushings

Just got my new Hobie 16 with European gudgeons and stainless pins. I am wondering if I should drill out the gudgeons now and install rudder bushings, or wait till the rig gets sloppy and do it then. Seems if I wait that the holes may not elongate in that absolute perfect harmony, whereas if I do it now then I am following the machining tolerances.

Any suggestions?

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Peter Nelson

it will take a lot of sailing for the original holes to wear out...
then they can be drilled out and bushings installed.... personally, I would keep the original holes as long as possible, and wouldnt enlarge them until its necessary.

the holes wearing in an egg shaped manner is normal, but by the time its drilled for bushings, it will be round again and still in the same spot... any abnormal wear can be filled with an epoxy or jb weld and re-drilled for size to fit the bushings.... but it will take a long time for that kind of wear to take place.

dont attempt to fix something that isnt broke

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1977 Hobie 16
Salem, Oregon