Jim,
Good advice on not taking the big nut all the way off......last Spring,
I witnessed a DIY at our club.....the prop shot back several feet on the
asphalt and the blades got dinged.....the prop then had to be shipped
off as it needed to be repaired.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2016-02-29 7:18 PM, Jim Watts via CnC-List wrote:
Don't take the nut all the way off. This may be the only thing
stopping the prop from shooting 40 feet when it finally comes loose.
Or take the easy way out and ask around the yard. Instead of buying a
gear puller, I paid the local machinist $5 (!) to do it. The advice he
gave me about leaving the nut on was worth that alone.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 29 February 2016 at 15:00, Jake Brodersen via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Jason,
You should be able to brace yourself against the prop to loosen
the nut. The prop will definitely need a puller to come off.
Buy or borrow a good one. It takes a tremendous amount of
pressure to dislodge the prop. The application of a bit of heat
to the prop hub may help, but go easy. You don’t want to melt the
cutlass bearing. Wrapping a water soaked rag around the prop shaft
will help with this problem.
Jake
*Jake Brodersen*
*C&C 35 Mk-III “Midnight Mistress”*
*Hampton VA*
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*Cc:* Ainslie <ains...@hay.net <mailto:ains...@hay.net>>
*Subject:* Stus-List Removing prop
Hi… I want to remove the propeller from my 35-3. It’s a fixed
3-blade (15 R 14), and I’m looking for a folding prop. I have a
line on a used one, but want to be sure about shaft fit etc. The
question is: how do I brace the shaft to get the nut off? Put it
in gear? Put a pipe-wrench to the anode on the shaft? Or just grip
the prop well enough to loosen the nut? And when the nut’s off,
will the prop come off as easily as the one on my outboard, or
will I need a puller? Any tips would help. Thanks in advance…
Jason Ainslie, “Spirit”
1984 C&C 35 Mk III
Port of Bayfield
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