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Dripless shafts

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Dripless shafts

Postby BiXll » Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:59 am

I am going next Sunday to look at a 87 St. Tropez that appears to be in tremendous condition. In the add for the boat it mentions it has dripless shafts. I am assuming it must be some sort of bearing set up in place of wadding? Can anybody tell me about this? Is it a good thing? What maint. in involved with these?
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby WBO Admin » Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:55 am

I had PSS dripless shaft seals on a twin inboard boat and absolutely loved them! :up:

On the PSS models you simply had to burp them on occasion, especially if in sandy bottom areas. I think the bellows were good for quite a few years. The boat does need to be hauled if the need to be replaced.
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby BiXll » Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:22 pm

what is burping them?
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby WBO Admin » Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:50 am

You pull the bellows away from the stainless steel rotor and water rushes out. It flushes any debris that may be in the bellow and/or debris between the carbon flange and the rotor.

There are other systems out there but I am only familiar with this one.
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby Rich3rdMorris » Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:34 am

I had the dripless shaft/bearing on my Catalina 30' sailboat, it was a very nice setup and design. Plus I personally felt better knowing that I didn't have the "packing/wadding" a stuffing box!
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby BiXll » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:51 am

Thanks guys. If I get this boat I have a huge learning curve to overcome going from a 22' pontoon to a 32' cruiser!
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby Riverboatin » Thu May 05, 2016 10:52 am

Sounds like the perfect jump! We just sold our 20" foot pontoon and bout a 94 Martinique 3200 :D
And we just had the old fashioned wadding replaced on Sea J's gear shafts :D
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Re: Dripless shafts

Postby ricbase » Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:58 pm

Does anyone know the diameter of the shaft log on a 87 Portofino? Thanks
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