Shimming a gimbal bearing?

[salvageyard saviour]

1969 mc1 Ser # 258xxxx /120 hp

Old bearing must have spun in the recess and enlarged the hole. The new bearing is now slightly loose in the gimbal plate hole.

Can I use shims to hold the outer race tight ?

I see shim sets for sale at Crowley for this year gimbal plate. Are these used for this?

 

[Candy Gramformongo]

You might look at using a "retaining compound." Loctite retaining compounds. There are a lot of different ones to pick from.

 

[salvageyard saviour]

Thanks for the suggestion.
I think I may have understated "slightly loose " the housing has maybe 0.08 - 0.12
Gap all around.

I thought of JB weld and use old driveshaft to center it while while curing

 

[salvageyard saviour]

It's hard to measure. It's more like 0.06 - 0.08

 

[Bt Doctur]

save yourself the destruction and buy a new bearing with the ring already for install instead of trying to get by with just a bearing and not its carrier. you can use a late style , remove the snap ring and everything else in there and install the new perma-lube bearing and install with the correct tool, No shimming necessary
If memory serves me, the ring was a teflon one you shimmed with the brass strips

 

[salvageyard saviour]

My old age memory isn't quite sure but,

A few years ago I installed this bearing shimmed with a few strips of thin aluminum. (Perma lube type; retainer, race and bearing all in one)
I seem to remember that the separate nylon retainer and bearing were not available then.

When looking for other parts I saw these shim kits. Thought I might try it while engine was out. (rear block core plug)

This is a rarely used hobby boat and
It'll be a while but I'll let you know how it works