Where to find replacement linkage for rudder indicator/autopilot

[Vincentc]

While crawling around the transom in order to re-bolt the swim platform brackets I managed to break the rather dainty white nylon rod which connects the rudder arm to an arm on a sensor.

It is a linkage about 18" long and 1/8 diameter. It is threaded to allow a small amount of adjustment. The Raritan rudder indicator didn't work on the trip from the shipyard to the dock, so I assume it is for the rudder indicator. Although I also have a Navico/Corus now Simrad autopilot, and it could relate to the ap.

Can anyone tell me where to find a replacement part? A quick google search didn't turn up any source for the part.

Thanks

 

[oldboat]

maybe just go to the hardware store and get some brass all thread rod?

 

[beamer302]

Mine broke and I bought the end fittings for Morse control cables (angle linkage) I then bought 2 feet of all thread rod from the hardware store and cut to the proper length. I screwed the angle linkages on to each end of the new rod Way better than the old nylon setup.

 

[Vincentc]

Thanks,
That sound simpler and probably less expensive than finding the oem replacement.