[Public-List] A30 stuffing box hose
Clay Pass
clay.q.pass at gmail.com
Tue Mar 28 06:11:06 PDT 2023
Why would you have to replace the propeller shaft?? What does that have to
do with anything? My propeller shaft is stainless steel, not bronze. They
don't seem like they know what they're talking about ...
Clay
#449 Seeing Deep
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 8:21 PM George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> Jason,
>
> It sounds like someone got carried away caulking the stern tube. When I
> worked on my stern tube a few years back, I realized that the caulk that
> Whitby put around it was to keep it from turning when you unscrew the
> cutless bearing housing, not to keep water out. The cutless bearing
> housing keeps the water out of the boat except through the stern tube,
> and the stuffing box stops the water that's in the stern tube (except
> for a few drops while motoring).
>
> It may well be advisable to replace the stuffing box hose if you can't
> see the condition of the hose clamps holding the stern tube end. And if
> it's really over 50 years old, I would want to replace the hose on
> general principles.
>
> It sound ridiculous to me to cut the shaft rather than push it out of
> the coupler. One way to drive the shaft out of the coupler is to unbolt
> the coupler from the transmission flange, put a wrench socked in
> between, and re-tighten. You may need to use longer bolts when you do this.
>
> You can see the stern tube-cutless bearing arrangement on
> https://alberg30.org/maintenance/MechanicalPropulsion/
>
> - George
>
> On 3/28/23 1:50 AM, Jason S via Public-List wrote:
> > I'm replacing the packing and started looking at stuffing box rubber hose
> > to stern tube. The yard recommended replacing the rubber hose. It appears
> > that the rubber hose is covered by some sort of putty or goo. I can only
> > see two front clamps. Anyone else see this one their boats? It all seems
> to
> > be original from 1967.
> > How long is the prop shaft in A30 with Atomic 4 approximately?
> > The yard said I'll prolly have to replace the bronze 7/8" shaft. This is
> > because they said it would easier the cut the shaft than try and get it
> out
> > of coupler....I'm not to sure...I may try and get it out of coupler
> before
> > cutting it.
> >
> > thank you
>
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