Cutless Bearing
- Thread starter Boomvang
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If it's a 1 inch shaft, most likely 1.25 inch OD, our item number 11662:
https://shop.odayowners.com/prod.php?1869
https://shop.odayowners.com/prod.php?1869
Thanks, that was my guess. I'm 3 hours from my boat making a tool to extract that bearing. So I don't have that information.
My O’Day 322 uses the 1 x1 3/8 x 4” “bloater”.
https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|311|2349117|2351343&id=3032871
Greg
https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|311|2349117|2351343&id=3032871
Greg
I extracted the old bearing by removing two set screws from the strut. I then removed the prop. shaft (it needed to be replaced anyway). I then took a hacksaw blade and CAREFULLY cut from inside the old bearing to slit the bearing (not the strut). Once I had cut two slits in the old bearing, I used a screwdriver to pry an edge of the slit in the old bearing away from the strut. Using a pair of needlenose, I grabbed the edge that I had pried, and twisted the old bearing. Twisting reduced the outer diameter of the old bearing within the strut, and I then pulled the old bearing out of the strut.
After I removed the bearing, I cleaned up the inside of the strut with some emery cloth.
I installed the new strut with a bar clamp and two blocks of wood (pine 2x4). I positioned one block of wood against the hole in the strut. I positioned the new cutlass bearing against the other hole (I believe that one end of the bearing was chamfered to help when installing) and a block of wood against the new bearing. I used the bar clamp to reduce the distance between the two blocks of wood. DO NOT USE A HAMMER, or you will end up either straightening your strut or buying a new one, AND you'll trash the new cutlass bearing.
Don't forget to reinstall the set screws.