scott_duerring
Regular Contributor
I know that this is not a crusader specific question but, was out today in the boat happily cruising along, and suddenly I felt a shudder and then I had a vibration that seemed to come from the starboard powertrain, engine running fine, since I had brand new props last year, high brow fancy ISO things, and new engine mounts for starboard engine and starboard shaft pulled and turned within specs, the only thing I did not do was replace the cutlass bearing, it is 10 years old and when inspected last year the mechanic said it was "showing some age" but the shaft was still tight in the bearing... could the shudder and vibration be caused by a bad cutlass bearing? After docking I went down into the engine room and found my starboard packing gland leaking a steady stream of water, I tightened it down about half an inch... I am assuming the vibration caused the gland to loosen???