Copper Sleeve

[teckygeek]

I have found a 4 inch Copper Sleeve that slides freely up and down the prop shaft. Does anyone know what this is for or how to re-install it?

[spharis]

Sounds like it is the strut support bearing/sleeve. Those usually go in the strut arm. If it fell out, it probably needs to be replaced, or reinstalled. You have to remove the prop, then the drive shaft from the tranny coupler. I don't think there is a way to replace it with the shaft in place, but I really don't know.....I only have experience with my inboard and have never had to mess with it.

Does it look like this?


it goes in here


and you shaft goes through it.

[teckygeek]

Not the bushings

This sleeve is above the prop assembly. I can slide it all the way up into the bottom of the boat. I have checked the prop assembly and both bushings are installed.

[spharis]

Yes it is above the prop. The strut on the bottom of the boat is supposed to have a sleeve in it. If it isn't there, then it is your sleeve. If you do have your sleeve in you strut, then I don't know. If it is sized incorrectly, then it would e possible to slide it from strut to boat, or from strut to prop, and possibly from prop to hull, through the strut.

What year and model is your boat?

[teckygeek]

2004 22V - Is there an easy way to access where the shaft enters the hull of the boat, or is the sleeve assembly installed from the bottom?

[spharis]

Here is the only photo I could find. It was showing the FAE, and the prop is not on, but you can see the strut in relation to the prop shaft. Inside that strut there is a bushing. Is is like a bearing between the shaft and the strut. What you are describing sounds like your bushing. It seems to have loosened and fell out the top side. Without it the shaft will mar, and will vibrate pretty bad, possibly causing damage to the drivetrain. You are probably going to have to pull the shaft, and replace the bushing with a properly sized one.

Do you have photos?

[teckygeek]

I'll get some photos up by tomorrow.

[spharis]

Keep in mind it is not a real hard job, but it helps to have the right tools. I have an inboard with a tranny coupler that is pretty easy to drop the shaft out of. I have seen slide hammers to remove the shafts, I don't know what those are for. Mine looks like it is pretty easy to drop out. V-drives might be alot harder.

Lee may chime in on this thread for you. He is a wealth of info.

[FIC]

You need to check and see if you have a cooling hose going from the lower side of your block too the dripless shaft seal , if you do the bushing you are seeing is the one that was inside of the seal, that one was noted for coming out and you can replace it with the pss seal instead.

[spharis]

FIC with the save. I knew one of these guys would chime in!

[teckygeek]

Thanks for the input, I found some other items that should be covered under warranty. Taken the boat in for service.

Anybody know of some useful info for performing routine maintenance, beyond the manuals you get with the boat?

[chpthril]

For me, 90% of the maints. is done during winterizing. If you put a lot of hrs on each year, you might do a mid season oil change.

when I get the boat ready for the new season, is when I replace the raw water impeller. Other than that, I charge up the batteries and run it in the driveway to make sure everything is clean and dry and all fluids are full.

During the season, other than cleaning the boat, I will poke my head in the engine bay from time to time to make sure everything looks, smell, sounds ok.

[Sunset ski Boy]

Does anyone know how to completly remove the driveshaft I have a bent one as well as the strut

[Sunset ski Boy]

It is an 06 22 ve

[chpthril]

Pull the rudder (not the whole rudder box assembly) and prop, remove bolts from strut, disconnect/loosen packing seal, disconnect shaft from couple under the V-drive.