Prop Shaft

Decided to finally bolt the prop shaft in to place and to mount the centre bearing, this is a job I kept putting off. As the prop shaft is already in place and there is not much room for movement, this proved to be a difficult task.

Marked around the base of the centre bearing and then marked hole centres. Had a great deal of difficultly in drilling the holes and moving the bearing forward enough to get the drill in place. Finally decided to split the prop shaft at the rear and then to remove the front half. With this removed it made drilling possible. Initially drilled the holes 8mm for the M8 bolts but eventually came to the conclusion that this was too tight when trying to tighten the bolts by fingertip andb feel only. Re drilled the holes to 9mm to give a little more movement, eventually got the threads started and applied loctite for a secure fit. Tightened with a spanner and slowly tightened.

Fitted and bolted in place the drive cog for the electric reverse.