When you speek of "play" are you referring to wiggle between the blades, or wiggle on the shaft, or somewhere else?
When I grab on blade and hold it still and then attempt to rotate either of the other 2 blades they will rotate +or- ~1/16th of an inch. I've checked this play every time it is out of the water for the last 5 years and it hasn't changed. I typically disassemble, clean, reassemble, paint and then grease. Sometimes I just sand it and paint then grease, skipping the disassemble/reassemble part. Greasing it always "tightens" things up. Little if any play afterwards. The wear I observe on the internals seems consistent with the polishing you would expect where 2 surfaces come in contact with one another. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Nov 30, 2016 3:30 PM, "Brian Fry via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I purchased La Neige last year. She has a 3 blade max prop folding prop. > There was alot of slop/play and I removed it and sent it back to the > manufacturer. It was refurbished, then returned to me. The local yard, a > Max Prop approved installer assisted in the reinstallation. At the time I > thought there was still some play, but hte yard assured me it was fine. > After haulout this year I again noticed the excessive amount of play. > After disassembly I see some worrying wear on the gears. So, I removed it > to ship it back again. After cleaning it I reassembled it to place it in > the box for shipping and I notice the play is almost negligible. > I called the Rep at the Manufacturer and he is as baffled as I am. > Does anyone here have any ideas what may be causing this? (play when > installed, but not when removed from shaft?) > > -- > Brian Fry > S/V La Neige > 1993 C&C 37/40XL > HdG Maryland > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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