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Mike -

Many others have done this job and documented it on the Web.

Here's a link to one URL. http://www.pearson424.org/exterior/hatches.html

RWV

I assume the plastic slugs failed and not the tabbing.

Maybe the stainless steel slugs for the Strong Track system would work better.

Just to close-out the topic.

I bought a used 16" Autostream S1 feathering prop and am having it trimmed down to 15".

Still $1,000 less than a new one.

Anyone know if a 16" prop will fit on a Freedom 30?

The existing prop is 14" and I've only seen it once.

The water here is very cold now, so I'm not looking to dive it now.

Thanks for any help.

Sorry for your trouble

The Vesconite site might help.

http://www.xpcbearings.com/home/what_ar ... ite_hilube

They have a section on rudder bearings and another on installation that recommends adhesives.
Maybe looking at this site or giving them a call would help.

Anyone put a feathering prop on a Freedom 30? I've got a 14 x 14 3-blade fixed that seems over-propped, I can't reach 3600 rpm. Martec has tentatively recommended a 15 x 11 3-blade SS Autostream at north of $2800. The KIWI Prop site table shows a 15.5 or 16 x 18 prop for the Yanmar 2GM20F at about $...

Still mulling over the installation. So far I've settled on a 14 ga vinyl covered copper random length wire antenna tied off th to mast head with some leftover 1/8" Spectra and extending downward to a bungee attached 7-foot fiberglass antenna extension mounted to the starboard side of the transom. M...

So where was the Edmund Fitzgerald anyway?

Stay safe!!

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