[C320-list] Shaft replacement

[Jeff Church]

Russ,

I'd also like to hear from anyone who removed the shaft without dropping the 
rudder. I tried last month when I had the prop, shaft seal and cutlass 
bearing removed. No way. Not even close.

JeffC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Monaco" <russgm at yahoo.com>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>; <tsenator at cisco.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shaft replacement


> Installed the Autoprop yesterday!!! I opted not to
> replace the shaft this year and try it with the
> original bronze shaft.  The primary reason I didn't
> change the shaft was it seems to me the only way to
> repalce the shaft is by dropping the rudder...is this
> true? is there anyone out there who has actually
> changed their shaft  while keeping the rudder in
> place?  if so what pointers do you have, How did you
> do it??  I am still amenable to changing the shaft,
> but it just seemed that it was a much bigger job with
> the rudder removal, are there any non-rudder dropping
> shaft changers out there?
> Russ Monaco
> Commodore C320IA
> Escape 621
> Stamford, CT
>
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