Erik, I tried to do it with the rudder in place by pressing out the bearing. The thing almost worked. I asked my mechanic to do it. He removed the tranny and slid the shaft forward - he said it was easier than dropping the rudder, and he got out all of the old transmission oil. I don't think you can screw it up, but you can waste a lot of time.
Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Erik Hillenmeyer via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Having only owned the boat 3 years I've never had to change this before, > but I noticed while greasing my max prop that there is a lot of play in the > prop shaft and the bearing definitely needs replaced. > > How difficult of a job is this? Does the rudder have to be removed to > remove the prop shaft? How likely is an amateur to make a very costly > mistake in the course of removing the shaft from the coupling and removing > the bearing from the strut? The yard tells me this is a half day job at > least, which means $$$ if I have them do it. I'm weighing the cost-benefit > of saving money by replacing this myself and the possible cost of a > screwing up the job and needing them to come in anyway. > > Erik > C&C 35-3 > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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