[C320-list] Cutless Bearing Project

[Jeff Smith]

Troy,

Quick question for you. Why are you pulling the coupler? I disconnected the shaft from the coupler and slid the shaft aft far enough that I could remove the bellows and install the new bellows with the spacer. I am asking my question because I wondered at the time if I needed to go back through an alignment procedure. I decided that I did not because I was simply moving the shaft forward and aft but that it was maintaining the same plane, because I did not mess with any of the engine mounts. Did I err in my thinking? This will be important to me, as I plan to haul out in the spring to paint the bottom. Now I am wondering if I need to check the alignment of my shaft.

Jeff
#121, ‘94

> On Nov 11, 2020, at 8:41 PM, Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the inputs folks.   I was initially just concerned about
> scheduling the tools.   I was planning to hit the set screws and prop nuts
> with PB blaster a few times starting this weekend and getting those out
> and/or loose before getting to the main event.   But darn it all...Jeff's
> thoughts on the PSS had me cruising over to the PSS site and wouldn’t ya
> know it...6 years is the recommended replacement interval.   Seems like a
> conservatively low number to me however I have no idea how old the bellows
> is so as much as I wanted to avoid the snowball effect, it's looking like I
> need to pull the coupler and at that point I may as well go ahead and
> attempt a full alignment, here's hoping all my engine mounts are actually
> still in great shape....let the snowball roll.
> 
> Off to read the coupler puller manual...yay me!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Troy