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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hey guys</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>seems to be a lot of attention lately on this goop
on the shaft log.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i did a big refit this summer on #334 and one of
the things getting treatment was the cutlass bearing so i removed the bearing
housing the log and the shaft. since the boat was new to me i also removed all
the goop because it was fairly wet and i wanted to know if it was covering up a
problem. like a crack[it wasn't].but i did have to fix the bolt holes for the
bearing housing as they were stripped . there used to be a couple of
threaded stainless bolts mearly turned into the fiberglass. so my modification
was to through bolt the top one with a nut on the inside and for the bottom one
i filled the small part of the cavity with an epoxed+glass mixture and the used
a 2 1/2 in lag bolt/ with sikaflex on and around all the holes incl.the shaft
log at the opening of the hole. but thats it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>however i did't see any need to fill the inside of
the cavity and around the shaft log the way it was originally.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>can anyone tell me why you would want all that goop
in there in the first place?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LAZ #334</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>