Strut and driveshaft replacement

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   Ryan, For strut placement, I made myself a hard nylon bushing to replace the cutlass bearing. This removes all the slop from the rubber and you don't need to sort of guess that the shaft is centered/concentric in the strut. I'm mentioning this because the strut position is located with the shaft in the strut and the other end centered in the hole in the bottom of the hull.

Edit: If you don't have a means of making a plastic bushing, you can get some cheap "oilite" bushings and press them into the strut. You may need to ream the 1" bore depending on the shaft OD. When done, cut the bushings out with a hack saw just like you would remove the cutlass.

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8122pbrainard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41045	Post Options Post Reply Quote 8122pbrainard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March-17-2008 at 12:33pm
	Ryan, For strut placement, I made myself a hard nylon bushing to replace the cutlass bearing. This removes all the slop from the rubber and you don't need to sort of guess that the shaft is centered/concentric in the strut. I'm mentioning this because the strut position is located with the shaft in the strut and the other end centered in the hole in the bottom of the hull. Edit: If you don't have a means of making a plastic bushing, you can get some cheap "oilite" bushings and press them into the strut. You may need to ream the 1" bore depending on the shaft OD. When done, cut the bushings out with a hack saw just like you would remove the cutlass.
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eric lavine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: August-13-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13413	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric lavine Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March-17-2008 at 12:36pm
	well there are 2 points here and they are not completely directed towards you, alot of guys are not capable of doing what your doing and i use the insurance angle as an option for them because i dont want them to assume insurance does not cover the equivalant of a car wreck, as to a prop hit. they may assume its not covered and pay out of pocket. and you also can work with the repair shop on the cost of repairs to the value of the boat. i guess its meant to be read by everyone and if they dont have the repair it themselve option they wont have to pay out of pocket for the repairs
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Bremsen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: June-26-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 171	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bremsen Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March-17-2008 at 1:07pm
	Pete, I follow you. I'll see what I can fab up with some plastic to get the strut properly positioned. Once that in place I can hook up an indicator to check runout at the prop end. Eric, ok I understand. Trust me, I see people working on things all the time that they have no business messing with. Thanks for the suggestions guys.
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