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Old 01-14-2017, 09:39 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Brisyboy View Post
Just a thought about free wheeling -what happened if you have a water cooled dripless prop shaft seal?

With no engine, no cooling water, but a prop spinning at maybe half rpm. A problem?
That's why you should have a valved cross over water feed line between the two shaft seals that you can open to feed the seal on the free wheeling shaft from the running engine.
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