[Public-List] shaft coupling parts in bildge

[Mike Lehman]

Greg,

What engine do you have? Original shaft connections were made to the engine
with a  coupling, like the pictures George sent. If it is large, it made be
a flex coupling installed by a previous owner. There are many brands, one
popular brand is made by Vetus.  Whatever it is, the flange should be
bolted to the engine/transmission and the shaft inserted and with a key way
into the other end, bolted . The 3 holes sound like bolt hole that are
either stripped or the pie es you found I. The bildge are broken off bolts.
Pictures help a lot, but cannot be posted directly on this list, but a link
to pics works.

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 12:42 PM Greg Wallis via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Recently purchased my first real sailboat "woodwind" hull 165.
>
> crane-in in 5 days so i find myself in a bit of a pickle
>
> i grabbed the propeller shaft and noticed it could be pulled out pretty
> much as far as you can pull it. it hits the rudder if the rudder is
> straight and if rudder is turned it can be pulled further out.
>
> behind the gearbox is a 5 inch aluminum (i think aluminum) round thing that
> the shaft terminates in.  this thing has 3 large holes. this thing was
> wrapped in ducttape.  what goes in the 3 holes were found in bottom of the
> bildge. 3 heavy steel round things that fit into the holes perfectly.  so i
> gently hammered them back in and now the shaft seems to be holding.
>
> questions
>
> 1. what is this 5inch aluminium round thing called? who makes it?
>
> 2. what are the 3 things that fill those holes called? they fill the hole
> and also fill the opening in the shaft coupling inside
>
> 3. what prevents the 3 things that fill the holes from coming out?  it had
> duct tape wrapped around it but with all the oil it seemed to come loose. i
> am thinking of putting a fernco or pipe clamps on there from plumbing
> department
>
> thanks
> greg
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