Erik,
the biggest mistake you can make is to hit the shaft with the slide-hammer,
while it is still attached to the transmission (I hear that transmissions don’t
like this).
Depending on your abilities, the second biggest mistake might be to do it
yourself. I think that the task is reasonably straight forward, but this does
not mean easy.
Marek
C270, Legato
Ottawa
From: Erik Hillenmeyer via CnC-List
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:46
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Erik Hillenmeyer
Subject: Stus-List Cutless Bearing
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
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