Erik Hillenmeyer via CnC-List wrote:
Having only owned the boat 3 years I've never had to change this
before, but I noticed while greasing my max prop that there is a lot
of play in the prop shaft and the bearing definitely needs replaced.
How difficult of a job is this? Does the rudder have to be removed to
remove the prop shaft? How likely is an amateur to make a very costly
mistake in the course of removing the shaft from the coupling and
removing the bearing from the strut? The yard tells me this is a half
day job at least, which means $$$ if I have them do it. I'm weighing
the cost-benefit of saving money by replacing this myself and the
possible cost of a screwing up the job and needing them to come in
anyway.
Erik
C&C 35-3
Erik,
Jim Watts and I did the job ourselves without removing anything except
the prop. My boat is a 36 and Jim's is a 35 III I believe so the puller
is for a 1" shaft. I'll send a couple of pictures to your e-mail address
so that you can see how the puller is set up. Pics courtesy of Jim Watts.
Bill Connon
Caprice 1
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