Prop shaft Zinks

[dennis young]

I hear you are supposed to hammer on the zinks to get one last turn of the bolts fora really secure application. But doesn't it risk damaging the cutlass bearing?

 

[J.B. Dyer]

Don't use a big hammer

Dennis:Yep, you are supposed to make sure that the zincs are in good contact with the shaft to keep corrosion from building up between the shaft and the zinc, but there is no need to use a real big hammer. Put something against the other side of the zinc, brick, heavy metal object, or something to absorb the shock and just tap it. Zinc is fairly soft so it will not take a real heavy pounding to set it.Good Luck!

 

[dennis young]

Thanks

Thanks JB That is what I'll do. You'd be amazed at the range of opinions on this matter at my club -- and fiercely partisan!

 

[J.B. Dyer]

Same Thing

Same thing at my place, no matter what subject comes up, if there are 20 people in the group, there are 20 opinions.SeeYa

 

[Bob Todd]

Rather than hammer on it...

...I take a large pair of Visegrips and clamp both halves tightly together. It's easy to get the final "turn of the screw"...haha (pun intended, insert groan here).I don't do anything to risk the integrity of the shaft bearing.Cheers,Bob

 

[Brian R Clare]

How about a "G"clamp

I used a good G clamp to pull the two halves together! Beats banging on the shaft which is a dangerous thing to do.