Saving Old Seagulls

Once again, many, many thanks. Great advice. As for the cotter pin, this has been removed. I assume that the brass sleeve is extracted on the drive shaft - the shaft (with integral bevel gear?) and the bearing sleeve come out as a unit? I will explore this later as I am in France right now and the ...

Once again, many thanks - John told me that the Forum was bound to produce good results! Might anyone have a drawing of the bevel gearbox including the bottom of the engine driveshaft (the bearing of which appears to be seized in my housing - thoughts on removal?)? Something scanned that could be ...

Many thanks for the relpies - most helpful. I will try the Lubriplate route, but access to this in the UK might be limited. I do think the bevel gearcase design lends itself to oil lubrication - with a new seal on a reground journal (and a new bearing to match) this ahould provide an effective seal ...

Originally posterd in the wrong forum topic area.... Just restoring an old Pilot - my Seagull Forty F/W needs competion - and I should be grateful for advice on the bevel drive lubrication. The (seized) bevel appeared to be full of grease when dismantled, and is this the best lubricant? If so, does ...

Just restoring an old Pilot - my Seagull Forty F/W needs competion - and I should be grateful for advice on the bevel drive lubrication. The (seized) bevel appeared to be full of grease when dismantled, and is this the best lubricant? If so, does anyone know what type of grease works best? Or should ...