I have a PSS seal on my boat and you can add me to the list proponents.

I did have a porblem with shaft vibration when I first bought the boat
where the prop shaft flange was not centered on the Transmission
flange. The PSS seal never leaked a drop!!

The vigration and the shaft hitting the hull at certain RPMs was what
made me fix the porblem.

Matt

Keith,

This looks interesting. But where do you buy it?

Thanks.

Bob

nevermind - found the answer
http://www.e-marine-inc.com/products...g/packing.html

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:57:49 -0800, "R.W. Behan"
wrote:

You will generate shaft lash that will cause the
PSS to leak like crazy, and perhaps damage or destroy the bellows.
That will sink your boat.

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And that is precisely why I will not install another one on a boat
that I own. I installed a Lasdrop on one of my old sailboats and it
preformed exactly as advertised but I was appalled at the relative
fragility of the unit compared to an old fashioned shaft log.

The only time I have encountered issues with the PSS was in the case of a
long shaft, typically in trawler designs. It simply did not work well, and
we reverted to a standard gland..

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/

"Leanne" wrote in :

Especially not having to hang upside down or draped over the
engine to adjust the stuffing box.

Leanne
s/v Fundy


God, I'm gonna have nightmares, tonight!

(c;