[Rhodes22-list] Drive shaft dripping

[Hank]

Brad,

All standard stuffing boxes should drip some.  It is required to keep it
lubricated and cooled.  My Islander 36 always had some water in the bilge
and that is normal for a lot of boats.  I didn't worry about it freezing as
it was not "enclosed" such as inside a pipe or engine block and couldn't
rupture anything.

That being said, if you find that you do have stuffing box issues, I highly
recommend changing to a dripless system.  After, I switched mine, I never
had any water coming in from there.  Check out
http://www.shaftseal.com/index.html

Hank

On 11/8/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hank,
>
> Good question.  I'm thinking the water is getting by the stuffing box and
> finding the next weakest link.  The sequence is transmission - brass
> coupling - rubber enclosed shaft? - and I think the stuffing box.  To be
> honest, I didn't have time to troubleshoot the problem.  The steady drip
> is
> coming from the brass coupling just downstream from the tranny.  It has
> two
> fittings that tighten against each other but I didn't have the tools to
> try
> it. The water accumulates to the top of the bilge and then vents
> overboard.
> I'll need to fix or haul before the first good freeze.  I keep a heater on
> at 40 degrees when I'm gone during the winter but yesterday the
> electricity
> at the docks was off.
>
> Any more ideas?
>
> Brad
>
>
> On 11/8/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Brad,
> >
> > How could the drive shaft be dripping where it connects to the
> > transmission?  Where is the water coming in from?  I started to think
> the
> > stuffing box, but it should be lower than the tranmission coupling, so
> > that
> > shouldn't be a possibility.  Is the water coming in from above the
> engine
> > and then just collecting and dripping off of the shaft?
> >
> > Just some ideas.
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > On 11/8/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Finally,  some good news to brighten-up a difficult yesterday.  We
> > closed
> > > on
> > > the sale of our shop building near the lake and sold our tractor we
> used
> > > to
> > > bushog the place as well. The buyer for the tractor kept me waiting
> over
> > > four hours and then did some last minute haggling over a previously
> > agreed
> > > upon price.  Forunately for him I came unarmed. The bad news is that
> my
> > > boat
> > > had water in the bilge for the first time ever.  The drive shaft is
> > > steadily
> > > dripping where it connects to the transmission.  This may be a result
> of
> > > the
> > > grounding last year.  Anyway, the repair will probably require it to
> be
> > > hauled, which  is a good idea anyway to inspect for damage.  I've been
> > > operating on the theory of "what you don't know can't hurt you" but
> that
> > > game has been played long enough.
> > >
> > > The DC-10 is going away in the next couple of years and I have to make
> > the
> > > leap into the digital age one way or the other.  I have been
> predicting
> > > this
> > > event all along and damned if I wasn't right.  Here is something to
> look
> > > forward to.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > --------------------------
> > >
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> > >
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> to
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> an
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> after
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> > >
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> > customer
> > > and will add additional new and used Airbus wide-body aircraft to its
> > > fleet
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> > FedEx
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> > >
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> > >
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> > aircraft
> > > with a range of more than 6,100 nautical miles and a revenue payload
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> > increase
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> > result
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> > > times,
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> is
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> > > 2009,
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> > >
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> major
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> > > less
> > > time than it takes today, improving fuel efficiency and lowering total
> > > operating costs," said David J. Bronczek, president and chief
> executive
> > > officer, FedEx Express.
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