Makes more sense then my contraption! I less hole to drill and no threads needed!
Joel On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Bill Connon <billcon...@navigue.com> wrote: > Eric Frank wrote: > >> Thanks to the list's advice last week about getting the bolts loose on >> the universal to shaft coupling, I got them all out with an impact wrench. >> Worked beautifully. But now I am stuck again getting the shaft coupling >> off the prop shaft. Removed the bolts that grip the coupling to the shaft >> and also a square-headed bolt in the coupling that probably fits into a >> keyway in the shaft, but I can't break the shaft loose from the coupling. >> I tried holding the coupling from turning with a pipe wrench and trying to >> turn the prop shaft (by gripping the sacrificial zinc on the shaft with a >> big vice grips so as not to damage the shaft itself), but it didn't budge. >> And of course I don't want to damage anything. >> >> One possibility would be to slide the shaft as far aft as possible (since >> it is disconnected from the universal and the SS PYI piece (that acts as >> the bearing up against the bellows) that is on the shaft slides forward on >> the shaft) and then get a small wheel puller on the coupling so it would >> push the shaft out of the coupling. I have no experience with wheel >> pullers but it seems that it might work. >> >> But I would really value input from the list about how to proceed. >> Apparently the salt water leaking around the bellows this summer rusted >> the coupler sufficiently that it is really stuck. >> >> Eric Frank >> Cat's Paw >> C&C 35 Mk II >> Mattapoisett, MA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> Eric, > > I recommend Jims' suggestion of using longer bolts and a socket. It worked > for me. Make sure that you tighten the nuts evenly so that the force on the > coupling halves stays in a straight line. > > Bill > Caprice 1 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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