[C320-list] Cutless bearing replacement

[Graeme Clark]

Pat - see my first paragraph! You missed that bit indeed :-)    But thanks for the suggestion anyway!
Graeme

Sent from my phone. Excuse typos! 

> On 5 Apr 2022, at 22:09, David Nolte <dcnolte at mac.com> wrote:
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> Hi Pat,
> 
> Graeme is across the Big Pond…
> 
> David Nolte
> Beach House 0004
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>> On Apr 5, 2022, at 4:57 PM, ptormey at 4square.net wrote:
>> 
>> mmm... Maybe I missed this but why not use the club's kit? I used it last month and it work wonderfully. I even left a few extra set screws in the kit just in case somebody drops one.
>> 
>> Pat Tormey
>> Blue Skies s/v
>> Newport, RI USA
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Graeme Clark
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 12:50 PM
>> To: Catalina list <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Subject: [C320-list] Cutless bearing replacement
>> 
>> I am making my own removal tool (as I am on the other side of the pond, so loaner program is not an option!)
>> 
>> I thought the bearing was 4 inches long, for a 1 inch shaft with an outside diameter of 1-1/4 inch so I ordered a suitable piece of steel tube and cut it lengthwise so that this will go either side of the shaft and then I will use this to push out the old bearing.
>> 
>> My own boat is still in the water, being hauled out at the end of the month, so I tried it for size on  a friend’s C320. Given that he doesn't need his bearing replaced, this was limited to just sliding the two halves of the ‘extractor tube’ along the shaft until it touched the bearing.
>> 
>> Now it seemed to me that the overall 1-1/4 inch outside diameter of the tube is actually too large to fit into the “p-bracket” (shaft support bracket that contains the cutless bearing).
>> 
>> So thats easy enough to solve, i can get a thinner tube with a wall thickness of just 1/16 inch and thus an overall outside diameter of 1-1/8”
>> 
>> BUT - is the bearing itself actually smaller?  Did Catalina change the spec at all (my boat is ’96, my friend’s is 99)
>> 
>> Obviously i want to pre-order the bearing, ready for when my boat is hauled out, so I need to get it correct. Its going to be expensive to have her sat on the hard whilst I wait for a re-delivery of a wrongly ordered item!
>> 
>> If anyone on this list actually has the removal tool in their possession, could they send me a photo and better still measure the outside diameter of the extraction piece.
>> 
>> All other info gratefully received.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Graeme Clark
>> #366, 1996
>> “Jaskar”, Poole, England.
>> 
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> David Nolte
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