[alberg30] Stern Casting

[Guy Lalonde]

This all started because I need to remove the rudder to do some repairs to
it and also to the hull area adjacent to the rudder (in the Fall I had
removed the 7 - 8 old anti-fouling coatings, the hull is as smooth as ...
except in the area of the rudder and prop shaft, cracks and holes). Then
going to Interprotect the hull.

The prop and the shaft need to come out to remove the rudder, the cutless
bearing needs replacing anyhow and had planned some day to replace the
stuffing box with a dripless one which I may as well do now. It's one of
those creeping projects.

Is there any specific order I should follow to remove the shaft, the prop,
the stuffing box, the shaft coupling, the cutless bearing ?  Any suggestions
on how to separate the shaft from the shaft coupling ?

I will try to re-thread the stern casting. Aside from the 2 screws holding
the stern casting to the hull, is there anything else holding it in place
that I may need to remove or disassemble ?

Guy
#466

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Lincoln <lincoln at cc.umanitoba.ca>
To: <alberg30 at egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [alberg30] Stern Casting


> Guy, if you drilled the set screws out you will either have to
> re-thread the hole or put in some kind of a threaded insert.  In
> either case I think you will need to remove the cutless bearing,
> & perhaps the prop shaft, or perhaps you could use a flat headed
> tap if you can find one and cut new threads down to the rubber
> sleeve but no further.  On the other hand if your cutless
> bearing hasn't moved
> around with one screw in it it probably isn't going anywhere.
> I replaced my set screws with stainless steel ones, available in
> any good machine shop store. They were a standard size==5/16ths
> I think. Don't tighten them too tight as to dimple the cutless
> bearing
> when you re-install it.
> As far as obtaining a replacement casting it might be
> difficult. Perhaps you could contact Crinan Marine, 176 Railway
> St. in Kingston Ontario, (613) 542-0850 [www.crinan.on.ca] They
> have
> located a variety of engine fittings for some of us here in
> Manitoba.  All that I could find were stern casting/stern
> assemblies available from England at a rather high price, and
> there was no guarantee that they would mate up with my 7/8 inch
> shaft, etc.
>
> Bob Lincoln
> Indigo #590
>
> Guy Lalonde wrote...
>
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