Cutless bearing P bracket

[0bornb41]

Hi all.

I have just managed to remove the old cutless bearing from it's P bracket. There was a fair amount of wiggle on the prop shaft so it definitely needed replacing.
It's a 50 year old boat and the bearing has obviously been replaced several times. The inside of the bronze P bracket (the hole where the cutless bearing sits) has a few saw marks (one quite deep) where previous owners (and possibly myself) were a little over eager when sawing through the old cutless bearing to remove it. I know all about the tools that exist to remove the bearing without removing the prop shaft, but my question is this: is there a good way to fill in these saw marks? Epoxy perhaps?

Thanks.

 

[vyv_cox]

Unless they are very deep, e.g. half way through the bearing housing, there is really no need to do anything. Filling with epoxy is little more than cosmetic, no real strength added and none necessary.