psneeld
Guru
Started a total refit for everything below the waterline this winter in preparation for heading south next winter.
Thought it a shame to do everything and not rebed the bronze bolt on stern tube in the bilge.* Asked here and other forums how it was attached.* Everything LOOKED good there...boy was I wrong.
Answered my question yesterday...went ahead and tried to remove the stuffing box assembly.* The stern tube WAS just lag bolted to the hull...glad I dug into the setup.* The clamps holding the hose to the tube looked good on top but were rusted just about through on the bottom, the adjusting*bolts on the packing adjuster were wasted from galvanic corrosion and 2 of the stainless lag bolts were wasted away for more than half of the threads and only tight from the caulking on the heads.
I'm guessing the previous owner of 25+ years never did anything except possible a new piece of rubber hose through the years.
Next is pull the prop and cut off the solid coupler to get the assembly out and renewed/replaced and use a split coupler to make future repairs easier.
-- Edited by psneeld on Sunday 18th of December 2011 06:12:12 AM
-- Edited by psneeld on Sunday 18th of December 2011 06:15:01 AM
Thought it a shame to do everything and not rebed the bronze bolt on stern tube in the bilge.* Asked here and other forums how it was attached.* Everything LOOKED good there...boy was I wrong.
Answered my question yesterday...went ahead and tried to remove the stuffing box assembly.* The stern tube WAS just lag bolted to the hull...glad I dug into the setup.* The clamps holding the hose to the tube looked good on top but were rusted just about through on the bottom, the adjusting*bolts on the packing adjuster were wasted from galvanic corrosion and 2 of the stainless lag bolts were wasted away for more than half of the threads and only tight from the caulking on the heads.
I'm guessing the previous owner of 25+ years never did anything except possible a new piece of rubber hose through the years.
Next is pull the prop and cut off the solid coupler to get the assembly out and renewed/replaced and use a split coupler to make future repairs easier.
-- Edited by psneeld on Sunday 18th of December 2011 06:12:12 AM
-- Edited by psneeld on Sunday 18th of December 2011 06:15:01 AM