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Hollywood 
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 Posted: April-14-2011 at 7:20pm |
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You look like movie star.
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Keith
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 7:17pm |
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I wondered how long until someone went there ... Figures it would be Quinner.
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 7:04pm |
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Soon to be a YouTube sensation:
"Hands on Shaft Clinic starring Peter" |
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malibud
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 6:32pm |
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good job Pete Its good to put a face with a screen name, though you don't look like what I had pictured in my head
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anthonylizardi
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 5:24pm |
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This is a great idea! I can't wait for a chapter on wet sanding, polishing, and fixing gel coat. Well done! Great speech Pete! Good paced and tone. I really like the visual aid.
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Hollywood
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 3:16pm |
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You guys can't last 14 minutes??
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 1:51pm |
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Keith,
The idea of breaking up the video into sections isn't bad as long as the complete process is conveyed. It should be understood that alignment really starts at the strut and then forward. Luciano, Do you suffer from ADD?  I do!! 
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Keith
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 11:40am |
Not a bad idea. I could do that fairly easy. Probably would be a bit more helpful broken out since we can't do chapters in YouTube. Give me a few days. -Keith |
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Luchog
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Posted: April-14-2011 at 10:53am |
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This is a great video but could be edited in smaller ones for each specific issue.
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 4:59pm |
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Great video Pete..
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MAN - GA
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 3:06pm |
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got the point on the safety collar - I wasn't thinking further down the shaft toward the log I was thinking it was something on the coupler
no machine shop did not measure the bore/shaft diameter I didn't think to ask them to do that I am definately going to get the safety collar and will re-evaluate the coupler attachment and consider just getting a double tapered shaft |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 1:52pm |
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Mark,
The safety collar is a shaft "set collar" that goes on the shaft just forward of the packing gland. (someone will have a picture). It's there just in case the shaft comes out of the coupling. It prevents the prop from hitting the rudder. When you had the coupling face trued up, did they by chance measure the bore and shaft? Keep a close eye on it and make sure your alignment is good. That will really help. |
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MAN - GA
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 1:30pm |
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I don't understand what the "safety collar" is on the shaft - I have the set screws in recess, key fits tight, and set screws are wired together.
I pulled the shaft to replace strut and why I was at it I checked shaft straightness which is less than maximum allowed tolerance fo .003 runout. For re-assembly I cleaned everything including coupler and had the coupler face machined true (not the bore). The shaft and coupler are the same ones I disassembled it was just real difficult to remove and reasonably easy to reinstall the coupler on shaft |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 1:05pm |
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Keith,
That's for getting the vid up on site. I know it will help many. Mark, A loose coupling on the shaft isn't good. It will fret (wear out material) to the point where it will pound out the set screws as well as the key/keyway. If you think about it some, every revolution the shaft will want to go from one side to the other in the bore of the coupling. Make sure you have a safety collar on the shaft just in case it comes out. How did you end up with the loose fit? Did you get a new shaft and was it smaller than the old? The proper way to do a new shaft R&R is to get a new coupling half if the fit is off. The coupling will come in on the small side of the bore and then it's bored for the press/shrink fit to the exact diameter of the new shaft. The ARE double tapers are nice!! 
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MAN - GA
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 12:26pm |
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Nice video and hats off to Pete for putting this together it really brings all the written narrative through posts/pictures into perspective when it is on video.
I do have one question though when re-installing the coupler on the shaft last fall mine has some slop and is not as tight on the shaft using heat shrink method as it was before. Getting the coupler off was a real PITA, but now it will come off with very minimal resistance. Is this going to be a problem and basically rely on the key to hold it together and if so should I just get a dual tapered shaft? |
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Keith
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Posted: April-13-2011 at 11:40am |
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There is a new video on the CorrectCraftFan channel on YouTube - Inboard Shaft Alignment - 101 featuring the expert instruction of Peter Brainard as presented at the 2010 CorrectCraftFan.com Midwest Reunion.
Look for more instructional videos coming soon. Thank you, Keith |
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