PSS Shaft Seal; any tricks to finding the center of the shaft in the stern tube?

[Nicholson58]

the double flexing CV type joints i noted above have a thrust and centering bearing at the shaft end. This relieves the engine/transmission of any side or thrust loads and reduces the alignment requirements.

[chuckbauer]

Egg shaped zinc on the shaft inside the boat. Slide up so it is partly in the shaft log. Tighten it up.

I heard/read this someplace. Makes sense. I forgot to do it when replacing a stern tube using a build up of epoxy with the log covered with a release agent. Had to sand the epoxy to get the angle right.

Chuck Bauer
Island Packet 26 Mk II - 78