Dave_E
Senior Member
Hi All,
I posted last year when we got the good ship, I had 5 gallons a day dripping from the shaft log entrance into the boat. There was a crossmember with a fitting for the packing bolted to the crossmember. The guys at the yard ground out all remnants of the rotted crossmember, dug out the years of (attempted) repairs and this is what I have now. A fitting will screw onto the shaft log and my dripless will go onto the fitting. And that's it... straight to the transmission. I've read about these old boats having only one bearing way at the back. But boy, engine alignment now is going to be SUPER critical. Wearing into the shaft log IS NOT AN OPTION! Does anyone else have such a setup?
Dave
I posted last year when we got the good ship, I had 5 gallons a day dripping from the shaft log entrance into the boat. There was a crossmember with a fitting for the packing bolted to the crossmember. The guys at the yard ground out all remnants of the rotted crossmember, dug out the years of (attempted) repairs and this is what I have now. A fitting will screw onto the shaft log and my dripless will go onto the fitting. And that's it... straight to the transmission. I've read about these old boats having only one bearing way at the back. But boy, engine alignment now is going to be SUPER critical. Wearing into the shaft log IS NOT AN OPTION! Does anyone else have such a setup?
Dave