dripless?

pete636ua · May 18, 2008

New to the inboards - how do you tell if the boat has dripless shaft seals or not? These do have a water line running to them.

Thanks
Pete

JCF350 · May 18, 2008

Re: dripless?

Drip style will have threaded pieces and places for wrench's (to tighten the packing).
http://www.alohaowners.com/pages/projects/stuffing/stuffing_box.htm
There are "drip less" packing materials for these type boxes also.

Drip less style does not. The water line is for keeping the ceramic portion of the seal lubricated and cool.

http://www.shaftseal.com/
Note that this one doesn't use a "water line"

http://www.nautica.it/info/motore/prestope.htm
Note this one uses oil.

pete636ua · May 18, 2008

Re: dripless?

Thanks for the information!!

I need to crawl under there again and check for a packing nut.

Pete