Well, 3 days of absence allowed the PB Blaster to work, cause when I went to the boat today I swear I could see a tiny hairline area where the shaft had pulled out of the coupling. Each go round of the bolts and I got a few more flats each and beat on it with a hammer. Pretty soon I was getting more that 1 whole turn on each. Despite making progress, it was slow and I ran out of time. So there it sits soaking in more PB Blaster and about 3/8ths out of the coupler. It will have to wait until tomorrow.
Josh Muckley S /V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, Jun 1, 2020, 02:34 Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Getting the shaft out of the coupler is turning out to be quite a trick. > I'm using a large socket in the center of the coupler to act as a spacer. > Then I'm using the coupler bolts to act as clamps and draw tights against > the socket. I have lots of penetrating oil in just about every location > imaginable. All the bolts are as tight as I can make them and I've rotated > the shaft multiple times to work everything around. Then I used a hammer > to agitate it, still nothing. I simply can't get the bolts tighter. The > only thing I haven't tried is heat. Got any other suggestions? Cross > posted on FB. > > Found this guy on YouTube. I hope it's not this big of a pain in the ass. > https://youtu.be/ZEnGmLv9B1Q > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > >
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