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My question is (maybe not the proper name) but between the outside colar of the steering tube and the hull there are a spacer (seal) made of resin that its not parallel. Also on the outside shaft support a square spacer also not parallel. Can I made those spacers parallel looking to the fact that I'm gonna put a flexible coupling between the shaft and the gearbox ?
All those seals are broken and I need to replace them. If I can make them parallel is ok, otherwise , what measures should I make them ? And how is the best way to do it ?
Using one photo from this site (sorry for using it), I show what I want to say
Thanks

Luis

For the strut follow these instructions:

http://bertram31.com/proj/tips/bronze_shaft_alleys.htm

For the strut ports, I know Capt. Pat says to let them sit at an angle but that bothered me too much, so I went to the craft store and purchased a couple of cheap 6 inch in diameter round shallow tins. I found that if you shim one side up using the thickest piece from the old shim, about 3/8 inch and then you mark the inside of the tin that is on the down side by the same amount, then poor in mixed epoxy, you get the proper angle.

I waxed the inside of the tin and then cut it off. It did peel away pretty easily. I had to go through about 6 tins before I got it right. Just be carfull when you drill the holes for the bolts. For some reason a drill bit broke the epoxy but a spade bit worked perfectly.