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Old 01-24-2023, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sastanley View Post
I don't remember needing a press, but I did mine about 10 years ago now. The hard part for me was getting the old coupling out. I ended up bending the flanges and replaced everything from the seal back.
I was chatting with a marine mechanic friend and he was concerned about the amount of force I was applying to the thrust bearing trying to seat the coupling. I needed to order new gaskets as I had used Permatex on the new ones I had just installed so they tore apart taking it apart again, so I bought a new coupler and bearing. So the new ones better damn fit when they arrive in the next week or two!
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