900 Series

The 900 series rudder bearings are made with A304 stainless steel. The sliding is on two rows of stainless steel balls and one or more row of stainless steel rollers. This kind of rudder bearings is available in the two versions – for deck 900P series with locking flange and for the hull, 900S, 900X, 900L series. The outside shape of the lower bearing is cylindrical with a locking flange. The flange of the top bearing can be “mirror” polished when it protrudes above the deck.

The locking systems to the deck, to the hull and to the rudder shaft are very simple. The 900 series is available for a rudder shaft with diameters from 25mm to 160mm. The bottom bearing also has a locking flange. The watertight system (Solimar security system) on rudder bearings 900L series is made with a self-supporting neoprene tube (height to be specified) locked by stainless steel clamps, a ring with gasket is locked on the top of the tube by using stainless steel locking clamps while in the lower bearings 900X series the water tight system is made with the classical stuffing box.

Solimar supplies, on request, a fiberglass bushing (Art.900B) that must be laminated to the hull. The bearings must be locked by bolts to the fiberglass bushing. In this way the dismantling of the bearing for maintenance or replacement is very easy and quick, with no de-lamination of the hull.