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Garry Elmer
I am geting ready to align my strut and shaft line. The strut on our 1980 H33 was out of alignment and when a new cutlass bearing was installed it bound the shaft up in the strut because it was off several degrees in the vertical.I have a DELRON insert with the OD of the stern tube and ID of 1 inch for the shaft. With the stuffing tube assembly removed this insert should hold the shaft in the axis of the stern tube and I'll re-mount the strut to the shaft. Once in the water I can make minor changes with the stuffing tube and align the diesel flanges. I have heard several great ideas for bedding the strut last time I posted about this. Each of these ideas was based on a "hard" mount. When I dropped the strut I found a 3/16 sheet of rubber between the hull and the strut. ?????? Ideas?Thanks!Garry ElmerMystic, CThttp://www.99main.com/~elmergw/