Dripless shaft seals
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Printed Date: November-19-2024 at 8:32pm
Topic: Dripless shaft seals
Posted By: Tate
Subject: Dripless shaft seals
Date Posted: July-19-2011 at 3:44am
Does anyone use one of these? I'm curious but a little skeptical. Thanks.
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Tate
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: July-20-2011 at 10:17am
most high end boats use them for the sole purpose of the owners dont like a bildge full of water, so yes, set it and forget it, they are the way to go.
they were originally deasigned for boats that had deep shaft logs and underway water couldnt get up there to cool the packing, thus along came the dripless which uses a carbon seal and water supply line
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Posted By: Tate
Date Posted: July-21-2011 at 4:53pm
Glad to hear the endorsement. Thanks Eric.
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Tate
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: July-22-2011 at 10:18am
plus, they look nice
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Posted By: Luchog
Date Posted: July-22-2011 at 11:07am
The only concerns we have seem regarding switching to dripless would be checking that the dripless seal rides on a full shaft bore, not some part were it's wore out. you fix that with the lenght of the hose.
Also they like pretty well aligned boats and shafts.
They are dripless until.... they are not.
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