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Jim Grant
Ok here’s the situation. Last year I decided to have my cutlass bearing replaced, it reallyneeded it after 11 faithful years of service. A local yard in Deltaville VA did the work. The yard sup. told me that in order to change the bearing they would either have to dropthe rudder or remove the strut. He suggested removing the strut and proceeded with thejob. Of course as luck would have it the suggested that I replace the strut due toelectrolysis damage. Apparently it was slightly brittle and somewhat pink. Anyway, theycompleted the job and everything seemed pretty much fine. Here’s my question finally. The boat is currently on the hard and like a good boat owner I’ve been inspecting everynook and cranny. What I noticed is that it appears that the brand new cutlass bearing isnot wearing evenly. It has worn down more on one side than the other. Actually when Ilook at it facing the bow it has worn more on the starboard side and when I inspect thebearing facing the stern it has worn more on the port side. Does it sound like my shaft isout of alignment? For the most part it was vibration free at most rpm’s anyway. How doI check the alignment? Thanks in advance.