3 Days to Splash! We 'Fixed' Our Rudder Play... | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵
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20. comment for 3 Days to Splash! We 'Fixed' Our Rudder Play... | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵
Lubricated and Greasy Graphite 0.1
Friction and Friction Coefficients https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/friction-coefficients-d_778.html
The friction coefficient of epoxy is at least 0.4 and may go up a lot if the load is greater than 25N according to http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/174/1/012024/pdf
Oil will probably reduce the epoxy friction. You could add graphite to the oil too.
I wouldn't use WD40, I've seen someone try to use it as a release agent to epoxy and steel and the epoxy stuck.
The PTFE Lubricant branded WD40 may be an alternative.
Water lubrication leads to a lower wear rate of the PTFE and graphite
filled composites http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.736.2974&rep=rep1&type=pdf
silicone oils are soluble in chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene and methylene chloride, and in the location where the silicone needs to be applied future works are unlikely, other then coating the hull around the rudder stick..
Agree silicone grease is the best lubricants for a plastic bush. But try to avoid getting is anywhere near something you want stick again. The silicon migrates into the substrate and it can be very difficult to get anything to bond again without removal of lots of material.
Another alternative is bees' wax which you can warm so this goes runny. I think by the time that you have been sailing for a while the bush will loosen up and you will be worrying about how to tighten it.
I'm surprised that while you had the rudder out you didn't just get new bushes machined for a proper job.
30. comment for 3 Days to Splash! We 'Fixed' Our Rudder Play... | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵
You could certainly use each in turn and make them part of your maintenance schedule.