Well, the tiller arms were getting a little wobbly on my H-18 so I drilled out the old rivets and began re-riveting the tiller arms to the upper rudder castings. Hobie specs said 3/16 x 1/2", so that is what I used, or tried to use. The rivet popped before the connection was tight - which, I believe, indicates that the rivet is too long (is this true?). So I drilled it out [stainless steel, yuck]. Then I measured the tiller tube: 1/8" and the rudder casting: 3/16" and guestimated that another 1/8" would be needed for the grip range. That brings it to 7/16" only 1/16" away from where I am with the 1/2" rivets. Well there was more play than 1/16" for sure.



But they are not even close to working. Any ideas? Is my math bad? Well, I know it is - but I mean in this case. Not sure where to go with this. Any riveters out there?

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H-18

H-20 style tiller connectors