Jonathan W wrote:
Jonathan W wrote:

I bought an Indigo 3 bladed prop last week for my Alberg 35 with the
original Atomic 4, as the existing prop succumbed to electrolysis

I went down to the boat yesterday, worried that I might not be able to
loosen the old hub's grip on the shaft. It was also a 3 bladed prop.
That was actually easy after about 5 minutes with a map gas torch.

I seem to have only about an inch of space between the end of the prop
shaft and the rudder (post). The hub is about 2-2,5 inches thick.
I've tried swinging the rudder from stop to stop, but don't seem to be
able to find an angle that will allow the old prop to come off, or,
for that matter, a new one to go on.

Others must have encountered this problem and found a solution.....

At this juncture it seems to me that I either have to dismount the
rudder to gain an extra inch or so, or I have to unmount the engine
and pull the prop shaft forward a couple of inches (if that's even
possible )

I am hoping that I missed something perfectly obvious as I was working
late and was tired.... any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Jonathan Wye



Well, the m marina figured it out. Apparently with enough patience one
could align the prop and rudder and "turn" it off. I had thought
something like this might be the case, as I was tired and it was late
when I got to the prop last weekend.

Also, some years ago I got hit by a Mack truck (literally) and sometimes
I have trouble with certain 3 dimensional space/configuration problems.
This might have been a bit of that, too.

In any event, the new prop is on, and the boat is back in the water.
Wish I could have gotten down this weekend to try it out.

thanks for all the interesting commentary

Jonathan

I'm glad you found a solution. Having said that, what year was all of
this assembled? Maybe removing the rudder, looking for corrosion on the
pieces and giving everything as good cleaning and greasing would be a
good idea.