Shaft and Stuffing Box - resources for cruising sailors

Help! We're Sinking!

[Article]

Brief How-To By Don Casey
Help! We're Sinking!

Adjusting your stuffing box, checking the shaft coupling, checking seacocks, seawater hoses and clamps, locating bilge pump discharges properly, choosing bilge pumps, and coping with various types of leaks.

[SailNet, 22 March 2002]
- The online article:

Spoil That Shaft

[Offline]

Detailed how-to By Michel Savage
Spoil That Shaft

How to tell if your cutlass bearing needs replacing, with step-by-step instructions. 2 pages with photos.

[Cruising World, April 2000]
- Order the Cruising World back issue

Leaking Stuffing Boxes

[Article]

Detailed How-To By David Pascoe
Leaking Stuffing Boxes

A propeller shaft stuffing box that is throwing water around an engine room can cost you big, and fast. The author tells you how to take that ounce of prevention.

[Dockside Reports]
- Stuffing box leaks

Cutlass Bearing Replacement

[Site]

Owners' Group By Craig Nicholson

Well-illustrated account of replacing the cutlass bearing on an elderly full-keel sloop.

[Fantasia 35 Owners, USA]
- Cutlass bearing replacement article

Drive Shaft (stuffing box, alignment, drive train)

[Site]

Personal resource list By Bill Dietrich

Brief grab bag of facts and commentary on inspecting and maintaining your drive shaft, and its various supports. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.

[Bill Dietrich, USA]
- Thoughts on the boat's drive shaft

Walter prop shaft couplling

[Vendor]

Manufacturer Walter prop shaft couplling

Walter couplings grip the entire diameter of the shaft and compensate for small size variations in propeller shafting, giving an accurate connection between transmission and propeller shaft to reduce vibration.

[The Walter Machine Company, Inc., Jersey City, NJ, USA]
- The Walter shaft coupling

Evolution marine shaft system

[Vendor]

Manufacturer Evolution marine shaft system

Shaft system from engine to propeller, with oil-lubricated section with aft bearing housing (shaft log) and forward thrust bearing housing. Improves propulsion efficiency and reduces noise.

[Evolution Company, Inc., Rockland, ME, USA]
- The Evolution shaft log system

PSS shaft seal

[Vendor]

Manufacturer, on-line retailer PSS shaft seal

Dripless drive shaft seal reduces shaft wear and needless bilge pumping. No packing required.

[Spurs Marine Mfg. Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA]
- The Spurs shaft seal
- Worldwide Spurs dealers

Caravel shaft bearings

[Vendor]

Manufacturer

Bronze and non-metallic shaft bearings, some with replaceable rubber bearings for use in water that contains suspended sand or other abrasives.

[PYI Inc., Lynnwood, WA, USA]
- The Caravel shaft bearings

Aquadrive thrust bearing

[Vendor]

Manufacturer

Aquadrive takes the propulsion force off the engine by placing a thrust-bearing joint in the drive shaft. This permits looser engine mounts. Both changes reduce vibration and propulsion noise and avoid shaft alignment problems.

[Aquadrive, Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA]
- Read an explanation of the thrust bearing
- Dealers

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