Hello,
Before I buy a new
shaft seal I thought I would post here.
I have a 35 mm shaft with a
Volvo dripless
shaft seal, the
boat has sat out of the
water the past two years but the
bilge had filled with fresh, every tech support guy I talked to said that it should be good though because its all rubber.
Before splashing I lubed up the shaft with a lot of
water proof grease because I read you need to grease them. I also, without thinking about it, did spin the prop a fair amount while wire wheeling it while it had no grease (not sure if I damaged it?)
the rubber is way to hard to compress in order to burp (maybe this means its bad) when I launched but I have an attached lube
thru hull and it was already leaking so I figured it didn't need burping although I tried.
So now a week after launching it drips slowly when not underway and underway it is a steady drip.
Could I have put too much grease on the shaft? is it worn and I should replace it?
Its going to be a pain getting the coupling off so I would like to make sure this one is toast before proceeding to put a new one.
thanks, any advice appreciated
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