Fred,
I went through this last fall. The shaft should be a press fit on coupler in
machinist terms. Very snug...
Just spoke to major manufacturer of the coupler last week, Michigan
Propeller, and they confirmed that a new hub is shipped undersized in diameter
for shaft and that you take to
Great idea and fix. Now to figure it out. You'll just have to come to
Washington to install.Good sailing.Jim
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Original message From: Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Date: 7/17/17 9:31 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Danny Haughey
via CnC-List Cc: Fre
They're a bit less expensive from mcmaster.com
https://www.mcmaster.com/#shaft-collars/=18je30g
Dennis C.
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> An even more elegant solution is a shaft collar (e.g.
> http://www.pyiinc.com/shaft-retention
Fred,On my LF38 the hub was a press fit on the prop shaft. I am thinking you
might have bigger problems than needing a new set screw. When I replaced the
shaft bearing on my LF38 I had to pull the v-drive to remove the shaft, 1
because I couldn't easily pull the hub off and 2 the rudder was in t
An even more elegant solution is a shaft collar (e.g.
http://www.pyiinc.com/shaft-retention-collar.html, but they can be had from
other sources). I know that it is substantially more than $2 (it would be
around $20), but it works better.
just my $0.02
Marek
From: Frederick G Street via CnC-Li
I had a similar problem on a Catalina 30 and the zinc on the prop shaft ahead
of the cutlass bearing kept the whole drive train from going into the drink.
John McLaughlin
"Falcon"
C&C29-2
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To: Danny Haughey via CnC-List
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