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Originally Posted by ncapener
I did my cutlass bearing a month ago.
Similar, but less involved than sabreman's procedure.
I had one setscrew (hard to find under the layers of paint) to remove.
Borrowed a cordless sawzall to make three cuts (30 seconds per cut) and removed the bearing.
Cleaned the tube and installed new bearing with a block of wood and large hammer.
Not much to it really. I have never seen the bottom of my boat before or a cutlass bearing and including shaft removal and re-installation I was done in 4 hrs.
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What kind of boat? I think on my boat and I think many other similar designs, the rudder has to come out before the shaft will, hence the beauty of the Strut Pro.
Having never done the job before, I did mine alone and in the rain in about 4 hours including a run to the hardware store for a large adjustable wrench because I didn't have a large enough socket for the prop nut but could have been done a lot sooner if I had one other person to help.