Servicing Blakes Seacock PBO.

[Vara]

Just reading Hare's article in April PBO.
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He acknowledges the proper way of doing it, ie; using grinding paste to bed plug and body and then says " I didn't have any grinding paste so compromised by polishing the plug gently with 400 grit abrasive paper"

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What is the point of PBO publishing a "how to" article with pics and dialogue which preaches shoddy practises.

IMO the practise of burnishing the plug and not the cylinder can only exacerbate any weeping problems.

Servicing Blakes is such an easy job to do properly why waste paper showing the wrong way?

I thought all-well found boats had one of those two ended tins of paste, coarse/fine for lapping valves mid-channel. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[castaway]

Maybe it demonstrates that yachtsmen should be versatile ? I wouldn't think that using 400grit wetndry is a short cut to sudden death ?

All best Nick

 

[Topcat47]

I agree, this method is worse than useless. Far better to use a thicker waterproof grease until you can do the job properly.