high cutlass bearing wear

[DinghyMan]

1 1/4" is a unique size, that is there is no close metric equivalent unlike for example 1"/25mm or 1 3/8" 35mm so the chances of it being "too big" are not high. the bearing material does not normally make any difference to clearance or to bearing life.

A 32mm I/D 45mm O/D could have been fitted instead of a 1 1/4" I/D 1 3/4", but would have been OK

Only "too big" option I can see from our sizes list could be 35mm I/D 50mm O/D instead of a 1 1/4" I/D 2" but that should have been obviously wrong to the person fitting it