I don't really know what what's-his-name is using on his 17's, but I might have one that would work. Is it a 1/2" tuibular pintle that's made for a 1/2" rod, and the straps are for a rudder thickness of about 1 3/8" ? jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnson" <mrexj71860@gmail.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:21 PM Subject: M_Boats: Rudder Pintle I need a new rudder Pintle for my 1999 Monty 17 #600. I've emailed montgomeryboats twice now with no reply. Not sure if they are still in business. Any ideas where I might find one of these parts? Mike Sent from my iPad -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 6128 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message