Forums › General Discussion › Rudder "bearing" -plastic › Reply To: Rudder "bearing" -plastic January 12, 2016 at 6:10 am #94196 Miss KathleenParticipant Found some pics of the shaft – before and after. In the “before” pic you can see the rust from the clamp. The new base has a recess that allows the “old” bearing to remain in place, and also holds it down Hope the pics upload. Regards Dennis Attachments:Rudder-Shaft.jpgRudder-Shaft-Compl-2.jpg