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Propeller shaft rotation drag?
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Re: Propeller shaft rotation drag?
While mine is on the hard...for weeks sometimes, I can place a towel on a blade and turn it by hand, the cutlass bearing will squeal, its not free spinning but seems easy enough. Both shafts take the same amount of pressure to turn and I have dripless.
Seems to me, if the shaft is disconnected from the drive, it should spin easily, if not, then maybe look at the cutlass bearing and shaft tube.
Just my two cents...I may deserve change...
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Re: Propeller shaft rotation drag?
amanphoto wrote:Source of the post..... I checked the alignment and it is with in tolerances.....
How did you do this and what tolerance are you using?
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Re: Propeller shaft rotation drag?
amanphoto wrote:Source of the post This is the lip seal? I have not messed with this at all. Now that the boat is out of the water, I can look at it. Little bit of water that collects in the bilge under the seal. The seals do not leak.
I don’t think that is the issue. It is a Tides Marine shaft seal. Forward, it has a bearing that the shaft spins through. There is water in the rubber baffle. It could be something caught between the shaft and the seal , but if that is the case it would probably leak. Sometimes trash gets caught up in the baffle and that could be the source of something caught between the shaft and where it leave s the boat. You may be able to burp any remaining water out by compressing the rubber baffle. Since it is out of the water, it is fairly simple to disconnect and check out.
I would strongly urge you to read the literature on it first though. If you make a mistake with it you can create a leak. It is important to order new set screws and not reuse the old. You may want to consider replacing if the unit is over six years old.
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Re: Propeller shaft rotation drag?
Got aggravated and took it to a friends 10 ton press.
They are out!
Need clean and press in new bearings.
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Re: Propeller shaft rotation drag?
Since the propellers are off. This is a good time to give them a polish and send check them for true.
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