[Public-List] cutlass housing replacement

[americo silva]

maybe some plumbers putty or something similar for marine use will work you
don't want to use 5200

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 5:42 PM George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> How awful!
>
> I'm told that Buck Algonquin makes a cutless bearing housing that fits.
> See http://alberg30.org/maintenance/MechanicalPropulsion/CutlessBearing/
>
> If you can't replace, I think brazing and rethreading is a smart idea.
> If in a hurry, you could use 5200 when threading the housing onto the
> stern tube, but I would think you'd want someone holding the stern tube
> on the inside when trying to unthread it later. In any event, 5200
> softens when the metal is heated with a torch.
>
>   - George
>
> On 1/17/21 1:00 PM, Greg Wallis via Public-List wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am in process of replacing the cutlass bearing,
> >
> > Here's a link to my poor cutlass bearing housing.  Notice the ruined pipe
> > threads.
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/198AJ_rMD7Lx8QrdksGXhIbeRR6_FPS9t/view
> >
> > I took the cutlass bearing housing to a shop to have the new bearing
> > pressed in, and they proceeded to overcut the old bearing and cut two
> deep
> > groves lengthwise through the female pipe threads of the cutlass housing.
> > These threads connect the cutlass bearing housing to the stern tube.  So
> > now the threads are not going to be watertight.  I think that the threads
> > will still function, but they will most certainly leak.
> >
> > I am hoping somebody has an identical alberg30 cutlass bearing housing
> that
> > they'd be willing to sell to me.  This would be the best.
> >
> > If I can't find another one, I am considering to allow this fitting to
> leak
> > between the stern tube and the cutlass bearing housing.  I think I'd just
> > need to ensure that there is plenty of sealant around the outside of
> stern
> > tube where it exits the hull.  I guess some water would accumulate in
> that
> > space and wouldn't really have anywhere to go.
> >
> > I would also put a generous layer of sealant on the threads themselves,
> to
> > hopefully prevent it from leaking at all.   Doing this is going to make
> it
> > very difficult to remove the cutlass bearing housing in the future.
> >
> > If you have any suggestions or tricks to make these threads watertight
> > again, please do let me know.  How about a thread sealant that would
> solve
> > this problem and still be possible to unscrew in the future?
> >
> > Ideally though, if you have a cutlass bearing housing you'd be willing to
> > part with, please let me know!
> >
> > Thanks
> > Greg
> > hull #165
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