[Alberg30] A4, stern tubes

[R.C. Alley]

As you will read, I have solved the problem, more or less.
Cheers,
RA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] A4, stern tubes


>
> Whitby used standard stuffing box hose. So what your looking at is the
work
> of a previous owner. The problem is that stuffing box hose comes in 1-1/2"
> and the stern tube is 1-3/8" which is why they probably used exhaust hose.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "R.C. Alley" <ralley at chesapeake.net>
> Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org
> To: <public-list at alberg30.org>, <member-list at alberg30.org>
> Subject: [Alberg30] A4, stern tubes
> Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 13:35:56 -0400
>
> 1. Alva Windham, now commodore of the Solomon Island YC, inquired of me
> today if I knew if anyone had an Atomic 4 they wanted to sell--he's
looking
> for one to rebuild.  He tells me that he once had an A30, named Dolphin.
He
> left the Assn. in the late 1980's.  If you have an A4 for sale, or know
> where there is one in rebuildable condition, please contact him directly
at
> windham at chesapeake.net or send the information to me.
>
> 2. I removed the stern tube, stuffing box, hose, and clamps from Nevermore
> today; the engine is out and I am taking advantage of the opportunity to
> replace, rebuild, and repaint without the joy of lying on my belly in the
> cockpit and working beyond fingertip reach (in the rain).  What I found
was
> troubling if not positively dangerous. The stern tube is about 1/8th inch
OD
> larger than the stuffing box hose flange OD. For some reason, a previous
> owner had  used standard exhaust hose (two pieces, one over the other) on
> the tube which flares down to one piece (only) on the stuffing box, all
> about 10 inches long. Its been in the boat at least since I bought it in
> 1991, and is quite ready for replacement.
>
> The standard way to do this is to purchase a thick wall hose which is sold
> particularly for this purpose, in lengths of about 4 inches. If used, this
> would have put the stuffing box back closer to the deadwood by about 3
> inches, and may have been beyond the reach necessary to tighten the gland
> nut when necessary.  The problem,(as I see it) is that exhaust hose is not
> the proper material to use, and using two thicknesses of exhaust hose
means
> that the clamps never actually bear on the inner hose, and, as the outer
> hose gets old and stiff, it may leak and fail--and you can't fix it
without
> pulling the boat.
>
> Any comments from y'all?  I'd like to know if this is the normal way
Whitby
> did this, or was this the braincramp of a lesser genius?
>
> RA
>
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