[C320-list] Prop Shaft Fell Out of Coupler !

[Jeff Hare]

Joe,  

Did you happen to knotice whether the shaft had dimples drilled in it where the bolts are?

If not,  there should be holes at least 3/16"  or so deep for the bolts. 

Use Loc-Tite blue to keep the bolts in place.  

I don't know the official way to wire the bolts, but I ran the wire through the bolt, then 1 tight wrap clockwise around the bolt (below the hole) before heading to the next and repeating that.  I think from there I just twisted the two ends together and tucked it in under the wires between the bolts.   

Our wire was sized so that it was actually 2 strands twisted together.  That pair was what I ran through the bolt heads.  

-Jeff
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From: Joe Abbagnaro
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Subject: [C320-list] Prop Shaft Fell Out of Coupler !
Sent: Jul 12, 2009 9:52 PM

Yesterday we were pulling into the Marina Just passing the Gas Dock
The First Mate is Behind the Wheel and She announces the Boat
is not responding to the throttle..... Good Catch, but Terrible timing
I run Below rip off the Enging cover and try shifting the transmission
Manually but still not working.... We are riding the current down the
narrow channel into the Marina into the wind. I quickly run forward drop
the anchor and let out abot 15 feet of chain.... we are still drifting
and finally the anchor grabs... 15 minutes later Sea Town is on the seen and we
are being escorted to our slip  What a way to end a prefect day of Sailing....

After some trouble shooting back at the slip I discover the Prop Shaft has
fallen out of the coupler.
Over the winter I replaced the Seal on my Dripless shaft Seal.
Which required that I remove the shaft from the coupler.
I put it all back together Key in place and set the 2 bolts.
I wired the 2 bolts together, but yesterday it all came apart and the
2 bolts were finger
tight. The Wire was still running through the bolt heads and not broken, but
somehow they still backed out from the coupler. I obviously screwed
something up in the way I wired the 2 bolts
together anyone know the procedure for properly wiring the 2 bolts together

Thanks
Joe
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