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Old 02-07-2017, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by MoodyBlue2 View Post
. . . . it seems OK to shave a little off the end of the shaft, as long as the attachment point for the linkage is not changed.
Exactly right. It's the attachment point that counts, everything beyond that is useless iron. Here's an old picture of mine, port side mount. If I wanted I could saw off everything above the hub with zero effect.
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prior boats 1987 Westsail 32, 1970 Catalina 22
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