[C320-list] Cutless Bearing Project

[Ade Bateman]

> Thanks for all the inputs, especially the recco to replace the bellows.
> Although the bellows was perfectly fine in appearance, the bellows had
> either taken a set or the rotor had slipped forward on the shaft.  There
> was almost no compression force holding the seal to the rotor.   I marked
> the shaft with a sharpie as a future reference point and will probably
> install some sort of backing to the rotor to help keep it in position.  I
> suspect the PO may have taken out the set screws and reused them which is
> not reccomended.

My surveyor recommended adding a shaft-zinc to keep things in place. They
are relatively cheap, easy to find, and designed to hold in place once you
have tightened the bolts. I haven't had any problems since.

Ade.