Shaft Slipped from Coupling!

No issues at all with the setup, the machining of the A.R.E shaft is very good and the coupling and prop both go onto the tapers very easy, there was very little work lapping either end. The alignment is time consuming.
Don't drop your rudder when you remove it, I caught mine with a large bucket and a couple of dust sheets.

You can see in my picture of the new shaft install that I have also installed the Safety Collar from the old shaft(just above the shaft packing) its not supplied with the ARE and probably isn't needed but I installed it as a safety measure in the event of anything happening.

I used the threaded bolt method to install the new cutlass bearings which made it very easy and also bought enough threaded bolt so that I could use this to pull the shaft the last couple of inches to the transmission flange once the bolt was installed onto the inside of the coupling.

A couple of extra pics showing the cutlass removal and install, the old bearing comes out easy enough with some gentle work and careful cutting.



The new install is very very simple, just remember to align the new ones as they go in.




If I can do this job then anyone can do it.