The plastic is a fine bushing here, and don't apply any lubricate -- it will screw up the later putty, primer, and paint work. The only real loads on the shafts are axial and they are presented to the motor and idler gear bearings (a flat-head machine screw serves as an astern thrust bearing for the free-floating idler gear). The stern tube (that the proper term, not stuffing tube -- were not stuffing anything in there!) and strut 'bearings' only see lateral loads and those are small if you bore those plastic fairleads with .068" holes. Propeller shafts are .062" brass or stainless rod.
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