[C320-list] Cutlass/Shaft/Engine Alienment

[Kirk McCullough]

Karl

Is the strut good and solid? On the older boats like ours I have heard about 
the strut coming loose, which requires that it be cut out and "rebedded" 
(for lack of a better word).

I suppose if the strut was loose there would be wear on the cutlass bearing.

Kirk McCullough
Boomerang #124

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Krueger" <smoothsail282 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Cutlass/Shaft/Engine Alienment


> Hello All:
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>  Cutlass bearing needs replacing, second time in three years.  I've owned 
> the boat for five years. It's a 1995 vintage & I'm the second owner.
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>  Previous owner had one motor mount replaced and had the engine aliened at 
> that time.  The previous owner owned the boat for 8 years and never had 
> the cutlass replaced.
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>  The boat yard mechanic thinks the problem is with the prop, which is a 
> two bladed folding prop.  I still have the original bronze shaft which the 
> mechanic tested & states is straight.  The only difference between now and 
> the previous owner is the prop which was the first change I made on the 
> boat, before my 1st launch, I replacing the original Michigan prop with 
> the folding prop.
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>  I've sent an email to the Rep from Flex-O-Fold yesterday for 
> recommendation but, it's Sunday & I haven't heard from him yet.
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>  Any suggestions or recommendations?
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>  Karl Krueger (Kindred Spirit, #282, Milwaukee, WI)
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