Hi All,

I have just replaced my Engine and C-Drive mounts and the rubber doughnuts in the Vetus flexible coupling and then realigned.  I had some local talent replace the engine mounts when we first bought the boat but he screwed up so I decided to tackle the project myself. After reading everything I could find on the subject, the project still scared me but in hindsight turned out not to be too difficult. I documented the process and saved it under the files section here if anyone is interested.  This thread was very useful (among many others).

There’s nothing new in my instruction I just posted that hasn’t already been covered in this forum. Nothing in the process has been invented by me. I just took lots of pictures and tried to explain what I did and what I didn’t know or understand in case it can help someone doing this the first time.  If you’ve already done it, this instruction is probably of no use to you.  The instruction is based on our boat, SM2k#344 with a Yanmar 4JH3-TE and may not be valid for your boat.  Use at your own risk and don’t sue me if it all turns to custard.  Please let me know if you find any factual errors so that I can update the file.

 

 

Cheers
Raul on SeaBean
SM2k#344

Diese Anleitung ist der absolute Hammer!

Martin
Amel 54 #149 CHIARA

Chapeau Raúl for this extremely well done explanation ! 

Great work and excellent done! Very useful.

Thank you for sharing!

Ralph
Santa Isabella
Amel 54. #144

Hi Raul,

What an excellent publication - you have certainly set a new high standard. Many thanks for your time and effort to compile this.

David
SM#396, Perigee


From: <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> on behalf of Raul Schleier <raul.schleier@...>
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Date: Saturday, 16 July 2022 at 5:53 pm
To: <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io>
Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] Another instruction on engine and c-drive mounts and vetus coupling alignment

Hi All,
I have just replaced my Engine and C-Drive mounts and the rubber doughnuts in the Vetus flexible coupling and then realigned. I had some local talent replace the engine mounts when we first bought the boat but he screwed up so I decided to tackle the project myself. After reading everything I could find on the subject, the project still scared me but in hindsight turned out not to be too difficult. I documented the process and https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main/files/Yanmar 4JH3-HTE Alignment Information/Engine and C-Drive and Vetus coupling replacement and re-alignment Rev 1.00.pdf if anyone is interested. https://amelyachtowners.groups.io/g/main/topic/71054549#50375
There’s nothing new in my instruction I just posted that hasn’t already been covered in this forum. Nothing in the process has been invented by me. I just took lots of pictures and tried to explain what I did and what I didn’t know or understand in case it can help someone doing this the first time.  If you’ve already done it, this instruction is probably of no use to you.  The instruction is based on our boat, SM2k#344 with a Yanmar 4JH3-TE and may not be valid for your boat.  Use at your own risk and don’t sue me if it all turns to custard.  Please let me know if you find any factual errors so that I can update the file.
 
 
Cheers
Raul on SeaBean
SM2k#344

Many thanks for your encouraging comments and feedback.  As stated, I certainly didn’t invent anything, just followed a process that was already described in several posts by lots of people including Bill and Olivier and many others on this forum.  This forum was actually one of the drivers that got me on the path of becoming an Amel owner in the first place, so if I am able to contribute in a very small way then so much the better.

Cheers
Raul 
SeaBean sm2k#344

Thanks for your input Eric,

Based on the comments and other articles I read on this forum it is now clear to me there are many variations.  Many people report different types and brands of engine mounts and I didn’t know you don’t have to cut the bolts on later models like you describe.  I guess I wouldn’t have had to cut mine either had the coupling not been stuck.  I cut them so that I could pull them out backwards and insert the rods to use as an improvised gear puller (or rather “pusher”).  There was no way I could remove the bolts the way they were mounted on SeaBean with the flexible coupling being stuck.  Glad the design has improved on later models.

I had planned to take my hub to a machine shop too had it not been for a long weekend so I figured I’d give it a go with emery cloth and it turned out to be enough. I’m pretty confident I will get it off quite easily next time having used tef-gel on the shaft.

All the comments just go to show that there are many variations and the only boat I know for sure the document is valid for is SeaBean.

Cheers
Raul - sm2k#344