removing shaft

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William Miller
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removing shaft

I am replacing the bellows and taking the prop off to re pitch has any one taken the shaft out with out dropping the rudder or removing the cutlass bearing

Bill Miller
S/V Lorraine
Pacific Northwest,Sound Sound
Grapeview,Wa
1990 Mk1

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Chachere
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I've taken out the shaft AFTER first removing the cutlass bearing -- that provided just enough extra side clearance to slide it out past the rudder.   With the bearing in, however, there is no way the shaft could be removed on my boat (unless either the rudder or the engine/trans were removed first).  

Matthew Chachère
s/v ¡Que Chévere!
(Formerly 1985 C36 MKI #466 tall rig fin keel M25)
2006 Catalina Morgan 440 #30.
Homeported in eastern Long Island, NY

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