[C320-list] Cutless Bearing Project

[Joe Geiger]

My surveyor suggested using a stainless hose clamp. I put it about an 1/8” in front of the rotor so I can tell if it has moved any while still preventing total failure. 

Replacing the bellows is on my spring commissioning list this year. 

Joe
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Joe Geiger
Vega #722
East Greenwich Yacht Club
Greenwich Cove, RI

> On Jan 16, 2021, at 8:00 PM, Ade Bateman <ade.bateman at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> 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.