[C320-list] Do you have to remove rudder to remove prop-shaft?

[Warren Updike]

Someone once reported that if you remove the cutlass bearing first that the shaft can be removed without removing the rudder. Can anyone confirm this? 
My stuffing box has about had it (leaks and wear on the bronze shaft after 22 years.) I'm starting to think about replacing the shaft, log hose, stuffing box, and add a flex-coupling. If anyone has done parts or all of this, I'd love to hear about it.

Warren and Pattie Updike
1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay

-----Original Message-----
From: Graeme Clark [mailto:cg at skyflyer.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2016 12:27 PM
To: Catalina list
Subject: [C320-list] Do you have to remove rudder to remove prop-shaft?

I’m thinking of fitting a dripless seal to replace the original stuffing box. My yard thinks it will be necessary to remove the rudder but I seem to recall that this shouldn't be the case. If the shaft can be removed it would make sense to replace the cutless bearing at the same time would it not?

Anyone done it?

Graeme
No 366. Jaskar, 1996
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