[Alberg30] stern tube repair

[sousa, stephen]

I had the same issues with removing the stern tube in #114. Under all that
sealer you will find a hose clamp, it seems that you are taking the boat
apart not really. The replacement stern tube that was installed in #114 was
2 inches longer than the original. This modification cured that problem.
Another idea is to install a dripless stuffing box by PSS, I do not have any
water enter the bilge, this is the best $175 ever spent. Some people have
issues with the bellows, a family member has been running the stock PSS
units for 12 years in a 30 foot Black Watch without any issues.

Regards,
Stephen
#114
Carina Vela 
-----Original Message-----
From: J Bergquist [mailto:j at ship.saic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 8:11 PM
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Subject: [Alberg30] stern tube repair


I got my propeller off today and removed the shaft through the cutless
bearing, so I can get a new stuffing box and make the repair to the stern
tube hose. However, I am having some problems with getting the stern tube
hose out. There is apparently a great deal more rubbery bedding compound
(polysulfide?) than I had anticipated back there. I dug off the stuff that I
thought was around the base of the hose, and found that the hose just keeps
going deeper into the bedding. I am not really comfortable with this, but I
am not exactly sure what to do. The inside of the hose is dryrotted, and it
has cracks in it, so it needs to be replaced, but I can't even see the end.
Then I started looking further aft and there is an awful lot of this rubbery
bedding stuff back there. I mean, about 4-6" above the level of the hose. I
think that the stern tube may actually be around another 2-3" aft of where
the hose exits the bedding now. Can anybody share any experience they might
have had wit!
h this situation in their own boats? I am hoping to get deep enough into the
bedding to find some hose clamps and then I can just pull out the hose and
replace it, but so far, it just keeps getting deeper. I had expected to peel
off a little bit of polysulfide and then be able to remove the hose. Now I
am thinking that I'm going to have to get back there with a serrated knife
and cut out big chunks of it before I'll be able to remove this thing. 

J Bergquist
Calliope #287
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