Skuza
Well-Known Member
This past weekend I stopped by the marina to check on our boat thats still a month away from launch. I was looking at the prop shafts at the cutlass bearing and noticed that there was about 1/2" of polished shaft at the rear of the strut. The polishing is due to the force of the props pushing the shaft forward into the cutlass bearing while running and wearing or "polishing" it. While at rest this wear area comes back out of the cutlass bearing and is visible. I'm wondering how much (if any) forward movement is normal. If there is excessive movement does this mean your engine mounts are getting too soft? There was no side to side movement of the shaft in the cutlass bearing which is orignally what I was looking at. Any thoughts? Boat has 400+ hrs.