roger, roger ... as a member of that 70+ crowd ... duh .... I am fully aware of my great memory of details from 40 years ago.
But the question remains: Can working to a .005in. clearance gap be practical in the alignment in two fittings with two 1.005 in. holes spaced 2 in. apart with those fittings ~2 feet apart be workable?
When we rebuilt the transom on 526 and had to redrill the holes for the grudgeon brackets ... it was beyond the ability of the staff available to align adequately enough to keep the rudder from binding when hard over to port. now fixed, but not by working to .005 specs.
