Erik,
I’ve done the cutless bearing on my boat twice. I’ve removed the rudder both times. It’s not that hard and it went quicker the second time around. As others have said, removing the shaft from the coupling is usually the hardest part. I had a friend that build a jig to push the shaft out. Worked great. The first time I used sockets between the coupler faces to force the shaft out. It was a slow painful process. Jake Jake Brodersen C&C 35 Mk-III “Midnight Mistress” Hampton VA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ahmet via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 17:05 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Ahmet <ah...@sailnomad.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Cutless Bearing It requires medium to reasonable skills, and some luck. I doubt it that on a C&C 35 that the rudder would have to be removed. Problem 1: Pulling the prop. Often, you need to heat up the prop in order to remove the prop Problem 2: Remove old bearing. There are specific pullers that can be used to remove the old bearing. They work most of the time. If they don't it is likely that you would have to take out the shaft, and then cut the bearing with a hacksaw blade. Removing the shaft may have its own problems, mostly getting the shaft off the transmission coupling, which is usually quite a task. So the answer is: It depends. I prefer to give it to the yard. They have specific tools, so the labor cost usually is reasonable. Ahmet Boston, MA On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Erik Hillenmeyer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > 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 _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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