Prop Shaft Support
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Here is a great "How To" put together by Maine Sail, who is Compass Marine.. donate a little to his site.. these picture guides are excellent..
http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/replacing_a_cutlass
The new ones are sold by inner diameter, outer diameter, and length. The store on this forum/site carries a bunch of 'em.. The prop shaft and length of the Cutless is easy to measure.. the bore diameter of the strut is the outer diameter of the Cutless.
http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/replacing_a_cutlass
The new ones are sold by inner diameter, outer diameter, and length. The store on this forum/site carries a bunch of 'em.. The prop shaft and length of the Cutless is easy to measure.. the bore diameter of the strut is the outer diameter of the Cutless.
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Your Aphrodite is Swedish built - right? If so it is likely that the cutlass is metric and diameter dimensions are critical. Just keep that in mind when you measure.
Yes, everything is metric. Everything that is except for the parts the previous owner didn't replace with metric...
Shaft Bearing Removal
Any ideas on how to get this bearing out. The method submitted above did not work. I am trying PB Blaster and trying to chip out with a thin piece of fiberglass.
Any ideas on how to get this bearing out. The method submitted above did not work. I am trying PB Blaster and trying to chip out with a thin piece of fiberglass.
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yes thanks for pointing that out ......i also looked at the pick again and it looks like the strut is stainless steel ...and also the bearing looks as if it could be a composite material instead of brass or bronze if it is a composite it should be fairly easy to saw
So, there is an inner composite ring of material adhered to the bronze/brass outer ring, correct? There should be a set screw keeping the bass ring from spinning, correct.
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I had a tool made so I could press mine out without pulling the shaft. I think it would work if the shaft was removed as well.
My website for the boat has a video under the "Projects" area.
Www.wcwebs.net/Johnson/oday322
TimberEdge Machine in Stevensville, MT made the tool.
Www.timberedgemachine.com
Greg
Naval Brass
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Naval brass is the classic marine, high-strength and corrosion-resistant alloy containing 60 percent copper, .75 percent tin and 39.2 percent zinc. It is widely used in marine construction where strong, corrosive-resistant and hard material is required and is suitable for both salt and fresh water applications. Naval brass is used in propeller shafts, marine hardware, decorative fittings, shafting, propeller shafts and turn buckles. There are also many industrial applications, such as welding rods, condenser plates, structural uses, valve stems, balls, heat exchanger tubes, aircraft turnbuckle barrels, dies, golf balls, and many more.
In chemistry, a nonmetal (or non-metal) is a chemical element that mostly lacks metallic attributes. Physically, nonmetals tend to be highly volatile (easily vaporised), have low elasticity, and are good insulators of heat and electricity; chemically, they tend to have high ionization energy and electronegativity values, and gain or share electrons when they react with other elements or compounds. Seventeen elements are generally classified as nonmetals; most are gases (hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, chlorine, argon, krypton, xenon and radon); one is a liquid (bromine); and a few are solids (carbon, phosphorus, sulfur, selenium, and iodine).
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