[Matt Pickich]

Rob,

Thanks for the reply, I will be home again in a few weeks and I will take the measurements at that time. Shaft log OD is the outside diameter of the the shaft log housing that the encasement hose will go around correct?

[Matt Pickich]

My current seal setup is leaking badly. When I bought the boat 2 years ago it was my first inboard boat and since then I have been reading all of the forums and asking as many questions as I can. The first few times I took the boat out I had a modest amount of water in the bilge that the bilge pumps kept down. On the last few runs it took before the engine went kaput it started taking on A LOT of water. I went through and tightened all the hoses, anything that carried water got a check on the bands. The only thing I haven’t done is run it with the floor open to see if it is coming in at rest or only when underway.

After speaking to the guy I bought it from he didn’t do much of any maintenance on those bits of the setup so now I have an undefined amount of time of which the stuffing box has been neglected.

I’d like to fix it up to where I can shoot grease into the stuffing box and go with the twin nut vice style like in the articles above instead of the current lock nuts. I’ve been looking for a manufacturer that sells them that way but can’t seem to find them yet.

[Matt Pickich]

Tony,

Thanks for the articles, I’ve looked them over and there is definitely a lot I have to address on my boat. Do you guys sell this type of fitting upgrade? How would I measure the prop shaft to get the right measurement?

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