Capt.Bill11
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How could a piece of hose clamped tight to the shaft stop drips/spray coming from a stuffing box mounted a foot away?
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>I would replace the stuffing boxes with dripless boxes and add new shaft couplers, and . or bail on the whole project...<
Drippless stuffing boxes put the vessel to risk as a bellows leak cam flood more water than 4-5 bilge pumps can handle.
then align the engines to within 10,000ths of true
At what boat yard? most are delighted to get with in 2 or 3 thousanths.
Oh for crying out load, it's obviously not a coupler. Nor is it designed to stop the shaft from sliding out IMO. Based on the white patch I see in the photo I'd say it was installed to be used with a photo tach to measure shaft RPM.
I use 2" zincs just forward of my dripless shaft seals to keep shafts from backing out "if." To use a rubber sleeve for similar purpose seems cheap and silly. Yup, wonder what else is questionable.
BTW it looks like steel hull under rubber is already rusting away.
maybe its just there to cover a stress crack in the shaft. Whatever it is take it off and have a look see. The suspense is killing me
What he said
Stubones99, you gotta get back intouch with the owner and sort this out.
I'm hangin' here, like watching a cheap mid-afternoon soap oprah
WILL THE PATCH OF RUBBER'S PURPOSE EVER BE REVEALED?
IS IT HIDING SOMETHING?
IS IT USED FOR SOMETHING?
TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR YOUR ENGINE-ROOM MACGYVER UPDATE !!
Dang that was torture waiting for someone to loosen the stupid clamps and see the shaft was ok!!!
Good guess on the timing strip. I would have used a piece of tach tape!!