[Alberg30] More Stuffiing Box Hose Replacement Questions

[Forhan, Thomas]

Thanks George- I can't find my manual- but what you are saying is what I was
remembering. In this case, the rubber hose  is embedded in the caulk..but it
looks like there is enough goop to cover two clamps. 

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From: George Dinwiddie [mailto:gdinwiddie at min.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [Alberg30] More Stuffiing Box Hose Replacement Questions


Tom,

The hose should be attached with *two* hose clamps at *each* end, for
a total of four.  This should be the case for all bits of rubber hose
below the waterline.

It's normal that the shaft log be embedded in gobs of caulk, but the
rubber hose should not be.  Do you have a copy of the Maintenance 
Manual?  In the "prop" chapter there's a pretty good cutaway drawing
of the shaft log and stuffing box (though it only shows one hose
clamp at each end of the hose).

 - George

> Forhan, Thomas said:
> 
> Does anyone else have the sealant at the prop end of the stuffing box, or
> can describe what we should be seeing? 
> 
> We -old and new owner working togther- opened up the inspection plate and
> got a much better look at it this morning. Perhaps as expected in what is
> likely the original Atomic 4 installation, we found the stuffing box nuts
to
> be 1 7/8" and 2". The rubber hose, though not pretty, appears to be
> resilent- you can put your hand around it, squeeze, and feel some give, so
I
> do not  think it is dryrotted out.   The hull end is totally bedded in
> sealant, so much so that I don't understand what is inside, i.e. how does
> the hose terminates at the hull/cutlass bearing end.  Is the rubber hose
> also supposed to be hose clamped to some sort of sleeve that comes out of
> the hull? The sealant is so thick that there could be room for a hose
clamp
> in there, but I don't want to pry away at something that I don't
understand.
> 
> 
> We are going to repack the stuffing box, and the cutlass bearing appears
> fine according to the surveyor, with just a bit of play, so it is not like
> we need to completely replace everything. 
> 
> The new buyer is concerned about what would be the right thing to see back
> there, and I - nor his surveyor, I guess- don't know. 
> 
> I am also concerned about "destructive examination" causing more a problem
> than we have now. (Boat has been out of the water for more than two years,
> but I do not think there was any real problem in the area at that time.)
> 
> Any and all advice gratefully received.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom F.

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