[Public-List] stern tube question

[Mike Lehman]

The bearing in the housing is pressed in and probably needs to be replaced.
Buy a new bearing and have a shop press out the old bearing and press in
the new one. Make sure the drill the water access holes for the water
intake since it is a water-lubricated bearing.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 5:30 PM Gerard Kuperus via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> I am going to embark on the same project in a month or so. I have seen the
> instructions regarding the cutlass bearing on the maintenance page, but was
> wondering if there are any other snags you or others ran into. I don't
> think there is much of a bearing left in my case: it was way too easy to
> align the engine with the shaft, suggesting to me that the shaft has a lot
> of play.
> I need to haul the boat for this (and will paint the bottom, of course) so
> I hope to do this as quickly as possible to get the boat out of the yard
> again.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gerard
>
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