[C320-list] Cutlass/Shaft/Engine Alienment

[Kirk McCullough]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Krueger" <smoothsail282 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Cutlass/Shaft/Engine Alienment


> Kirk:
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>  Interesting observation.  The strut appears solid but, I will add this 
> item to the check list.
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>  Thanks.
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>  Karl Krueger (282 Kindred Spirit)
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> Kirk McCullough <kirk.mccullough at telus.net> wrote:
>  Karl
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> 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).
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> I suppose if the strut was loose there would be wear on the cutlass 
> bearing.
>
> Kirk McCullough
> Boomerang #124
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Krueger"
> To: "C320-List"
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:15 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Cutlass/Shaft/Engine Alienment
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>> 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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