Eric, coupling on a Supra

ah, i see said the blindman

Eric,
So far, I've coached him on grinding the log out with a suggestion to see if he has enough clearance to do it without pulling the coupling and shaft. The shaft position will be the guide to resetting the log properly in position on the hull. I don't want him to even try to pull the coupling unless absolutely needed. I have recommended he does a alignment check first so he will unbolt the coupling halves but looking at the position of the set screw, I'd say the shaft goes all the way into the coupling.

The halfa**** repair to reset the log (by a marina!!) was done with straight epoxy, no glass and Bondo!! I also don't feel a factory log was used (confirmed by Supra) because the bottom flange isn't long enough aft to cover the hull hole.

Eric,
Fill me in on this coupling. Besides it looking like it's brass,(may even be TN coated steel??) is there anything else that's different?

HW asked me some questions regarding a new owner of a Supra who has posted his problems over on wakeboarder.com. It seems that this guy has really gotten a boat with some big propshaft log issues. The boat was hit at one time and the log ripped loose. The repair was halfa**** at best and it's failed. I don't feel the PO has been entirely truthfull and has been doing some "pour some stuff in the bilge" repairs. Anyway, I've been trying to help him out. Since he's on a budget, I've got him doing the repair himself. So far, he's got the log almost ground out from the hull. His pictures show the coupling and I'm curious about it. Not the usual steel coupling.