[Public-List] Gooping up the stern tube

[Kris Coward via Public-List]

On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 02:02:58PM -0700, Glenn Brooks wrote:
> Cautionary note, Be very careful to reinstall and align the stern tube and jack shaft as well as you can, so the engine- xmission is able to be aligned properly. Otherwise you risk ruining your transmission from to much side play induced by a misaligned stern tube.  

It just occurred to me that although I expect the change from on the
hard to in the water not to affect the side-to-side alignment of the
prop shaft to the engine, I'm not as sure about the up-down alignment;
should I aim a little high (or low) on the face of the engine side of
the coupling to correct for any such changes? (I'm already thinking of
erring on the side of too high, since it's far easier to shim the engine
up a little than to lower it when there aren't any shims to
remove--particularly the aft end.)

Thanks,
Kris

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