We are a marine surveying business settled in Saint Martin, French West Indies, since 2005.

The professional way to replace a cutlass bearing

The professional way to replace a cutlass bearing

You’ll need an hydraulic pump such as this one:

The pump is used to push an adapted bracket (yellow) through the strut, pushing the old bearing out (no need to remove the shaft).

Old bearing coming out:

Done !

The new nearing is fitted using the same tool but the other way around.

As a reminder, max. play accepted for a shaft inside its bearing shouldn’t be more than 1/2 a millimeter. Any more than this, replace the bearing.