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JeffR
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Posted on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 08:46 am:
Glen my understanding is there should be very little play in the bearing. do you know a marine surveyor or a marine mechanic that could look at it and give an opinion?
I need to replace my cutlass bearing this season too. My shaft is a little worn in the area of the cutlass, but I am hoping to avoid the expense of a new one. Several people have told me a little wear is not to bad -- not ideal -- and to lightly wet sand the ridges with a high grit paper.
Anyway, I have not been able to locate any set screw on the strut that would be holding the cutlass bearing in place. Everything I have read and everyone I spoke to says there is almost always at least one set screw and often two. The say trying to press it out without removing the screw(s) will damage the strut.
Did your strut have any set screws? If so, can you describe the location of them?
