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In my f28 rehab I just finished taking apart the propeller shaft upper end and have a couple of tips and comments.
The puller I used is a KD #2291 and used two 3/8 bolts and washers through the coupler. (note use grade 8 hardware as non grade 8 stripped the threads on first try. Basically I would categorize removal of the shaft coupler not too hard given no engine hanging over the V drive. Although I did use cheater bars to apply adequate force as well as PB Blaster.
Looking down under the f28s 318s and V drives I wondered how anyone would repack the glands. Well once apart I can see that some had difficulty before, one gland only had two layers of packing and they drilled and used a set screw to hold the packing nut which you can see sticking out the side. Luckily vice grips grabbed the thing and extracted. The jam nut was stripped. I will be replacing with dripless types as maintenance is nill if done right.
The main point of this note is to point people to a puller that indeed does work and is not very expensive.
Larry Eddington
1984 F-36 Tri Cabin "The Phoenix II"
1978 F-28 "The Phoenix"
Fish Master 2350 Bay Boat
9.5' Dink
Something of interest and I do not know why other than something electrical. The set screws were safety wired, which I can understand however they were from, I think, the factory and the wire was copper. Copper is pretty soft, any one want to opine as to why copper and not traditional safety wire as used elsewhere?
Larry Eddington
1984 F-36 Tri Cabin "The Phoenix II"
1978 F-28 "The Phoenix"
Fish Master 2350 Bay Boat
9.5' Dink
