Stern Tube Lubricator

[rosamaldon]

Our stern tube has a screw cap which we fill with grease and then screw back on to the top of the tube. This adds the equivalent of one sugar lump of grease. I would like to replace this system with a remote greaser such is commonly found in chandlers. E C Smith seem to be the only manufacturer I can find. The ads suggest that this comes as part of a kit with 2 x 1/8" and 1/4" fittings + some nylon tube. The cap on our stern tube has an inside dia of 3/4". Is there a way of reconciling one with the other.

 

[scottie]

the existing greaser will have a pipe to which the new greaser should be attached

another option if its only to make it easier to operate is to braze a bar on to the existing cover

 

[johnchampion]

ASAP supplies do greasers and the chaps there seem to know their stuff when you ask them questions so they could be worth a call. EC Smith are I think distributors and don't deal direct with Joe Public though they will answer questions OK.

 

[burgundyben]

Check under the 'cup' of the greaser you have, you might find that underneath it feels like a nut, get a spanner on there, I think 5/8ths, the greaser cup should unscrew from the stern tube housing. Then you'll be able to fit the pipe work for the remote greaser.

Threads most likely are BSP.