Lizman
Member
Hello everone,
This is my first post on the forum. Hope I am in the right place.
I have a leaky non-bonded stern tube - about a dozen strokes of the whale pump every 2/3 weeks - more if I use the engine , a Yanmar 1gm10. I would like to effect a stop-gap (sorry) repair by pulling off the propeller, rudder and pushing some filler around the tube, but I cannot see how to get the round collar off. Apparently this is a non-standard part, which I assumed was a push-fit onto the end of the tube, and held in place by a screw. I wandered out to the boat at low tide but cannot see how the collar is held in place.
Am also trying to understand how the rest of the stern gear works as there seems to be so many different types out there. I have searched the internet but nothing I have seen resembles mine. I get the idea behind the stuffing box, but there is no adjustment on mine so I assume it must be of a different kind. Could anyone enlighten me please, and how I might go about detaching the stern tube for when I effect a permanent repair?
I have contacted the boatyard in Dorset where the work was carried out before I had the boat, several years ago, but the broker just said 'if you would like to bring the boat back we could lift her and have a look'. Yeh right! (I am berthed on the Fowey)
This is my first post on the forum. Hope I am in the right place.
I have a leaky non-bonded stern tube - about a dozen strokes of the whale pump every 2/3 weeks - more if I use the engine , a Yanmar 1gm10. I would like to effect a stop-gap (sorry) repair by pulling off the propeller, rudder and pushing some filler around the tube, but I cannot see how to get the round collar off. Apparently this is a non-standard part, which I assumed was a push-fit onto the end of the tube, and held in place by a screw. I wandered out to the boat at low tide but cannot see how the collar is held in place.
Am also trying to understand how the rest of the stern gear works as there seems to be so many different types out there. I have searched the internet but nothing I have seen resembles mine. I get the idea behind the stuffing box, but there is no adjustment on mine so I assume it must be of a different kind. Could anyone enlighten me please, and how I might go about detaching the stern tube for when I effect a permanent repair?
I have contacted the boatyard in Dorset where the work was carried out before I had the boat, several years ago, but the broker just said 'if you would like to bring the boat back we could lift her and have a look'. Yeh right! (I am berthed on the Fowey)