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Old 01-12-2017, 12:34 AM   #22
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Thanks for the detailed info. It is the type of gland you describe.

The guys doing the propspeed on Monday are also prop/rudder specialists - Lex Baddiley Marine, Est 1909. Its now operated by his son Paul, and I spoke with him today as he came back for a short while today to get the boat next to me (Codene, 33.5m Expedition yacht) back into the water ASAP.

If it were simply a case of new packing I would already be doing it, but I'm concerned about the depth in the gland. There is over 2.5" of space to fill. Its almost like the bearing is not long enough. The compression flange only has about 1" of travel, 30% of which can't be used with existing studs. I want their assessment of whether it can just have extra packing rings of the correct size or whether there is something more that needs to be done to get an outcome that will be leak free for an extended period.
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