[C320-list] Prop Shaft Removal

[Joe Abbagnaro]

How I removed the coupler.

Release the 2 set screws.
Release all 4 Nuts and bolts
Get 2 new nuts and bolts about 1/2 longer
Put a socket between the transmission end and the shaft.
Insert the 2 longer bolts and nuts and tighten them not like a Gorilla but tight
Now Hit the coupler with a hammer (You should see the bolts loosen up)
Re Tighten them and do it a again and again and again.
The First 1/2 inch was very slow.... I than added heat and that appeared to help
Eventually I added a nut in front of the socket as the shaft beagn to push out,
than another nut and so on.... until the shaft was out.
It was very difficult. Be patient with the hammer u do not want to
beat things really bad
Resist the urge to take full swings

Good Luck
Joe
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Paul Rickman <ilove2sail at verizon.net> wrote:
> Joe, can you share how you got the coupler off the shaft?. Three years ago I tried all day and finally
> paid someone.
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> From: Joe Abbagnaro <jabbagna at gmail.com>
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:54:56 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Prop Shaft Removal
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> Ok   so after  about 3 huors of messing around I finally get the
> coupler off the Prop Shaft
> About another !/2 hour and the prop is off. But There is no way the
> Prop shaft is coming out.
> It will not clear  the Rudder. Is this a fact of the 320, the shaft
> can not be removed with out dropping the
> rudder or I am I doing something wrong??  My intial intention was to
> replace the Dripless shaft seal which is no longer dripless
> and to replace the cutlass bearing. The cutlass bearing has ever so
> little play but I am not dropping the rudder at this time just
> to get the shaft out. I can just do the shaft seal and move on.,
> Anyone have any advice or comments on removing the
> prop saft. Is it doable with the Rudder in place am I missing something ?
>
> Joe
> #574
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