[Public-List] Cracked Stern Tube - Laugh or Cry?

[Gordon Laco]

Hello Hernan

Those bolts are normally threaded in as you describe.   They cannot be bolts through.  You can restore their integrity if you need to by filling the loose bolts hole with thickened epoxy, then redrilling and tapping new threads.  

Gord
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> On Sep 18, 2018, at 10:35 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Hernán,
> 
> How did a fiberglass shaft log change the bolts of the cutless bearing housing?
> 
> - George
> 
>> On 9/18/18 1:30 PM, Hernán Scarnichia via Public-List wrote:
>> The problem on my boat (#414) was that the two bolts holding the cutlass
>> bearing housing were not through bolted, just threaded into the fiberglass,
>> these were not lag bolts with a coarse thread either, just regular thread
>> bolts threaded straight to the fiberglass. The shaft vibrations loosened
>> them and one bolt was already gone when I hauled out.
>> I suppose that if I had realized earlier that the engine was misaligned,
>> and the shaft vibrating, it could all have been prevented.
>> Either way I did not like the fact that all that was keeping the water out
>> was those two bolts and a wad of caulk so I scrapped the whole thing and
>> installed a fiberglass shaft log.
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 1:58 PM George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>> On 9/17/18 5:36 PM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List wrote:
>>>> Remember hearing form various sources that cutlass bearings and the rest
>>>> are tricky
>>>> "cause the stern tube might turn or twist and break its bond to the
>>>> deadwood".
>>>> Seems that won't be a problem in this Triton given the amount of epoxy
>>>> applied.
>>> 
>>> This was my fear, and the reason I pulled and rebedded the stern tube
>>> when I noticed that it had turned. The hose clamp screws were no longer
>>> pointed up where a screwdriver could reach them.
>>> 
>>> It turned out that this is an unnecessary worry. The water is contained
>>> by the cutless bearing housing (and bolts), and the stuffing box. The
>>> caulking of the stern tube itself is not critical.
>>> 
>>>   - George
>>> 
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