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ltmoeller 
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 Topic: shaft dripPosted: July-15-2008 at 2:52pm |
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I am going to replace my packing thursday and.I get alot of water while running the boat(1989) but then just sitting in the water I don't get much at all in the bilge.I was reading an old post and it was mentioned that it only drips while the shaft is turning.How correct is this?
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: July-15-2008 at 3:26pm |
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Tom, The packing is water lubricated so it must drip. 3 to 4 per minute with standard flax packing but I would recommend the Goxtex which drips about half that. When you pull the old packing, you want to take a look at the surface of the prop shaft where the packing runs. Make sure it's not scored or groved too badly.
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