Anybody runnin one of these ??

[vdrivenman]

this came with a boat i bought. anyone running one of these with any good results.
i was told they work pretty well. i need to pull the prop,
but was not going to pull the shaft unless this is worth installing !

[GofastRacer]

Yep I've used them, in fact I still have one. It has a packing gland, they work just don't overtighten it!..

[WILDERTHANU]

THOSE WORK GREAT......HAD ONE ON OUR CRUSIER. YA, DONT OVER TIGHTEN THE WAX ROPE INSIDE. YOU CAN SINCH THEM DOWN IF THEY START TO LEAK...VERY USER FRIENDLY.

[Rexone]

I use them and they work well. You have to let them drip every few seconds though to lubricate and cool the packing or the packing burns out, then they leak pretty good. Packing is replaceable though.

[BGMAN203]

I had one, I hated it. I even bought a new one to give it a second chance. I took it to the lake loose to be sure not to over tighten it. Still couldn't get it to stop the "1 drip per second". I just went to the grease one. I pack it every weekend I go out and never think about it again. Plus grease ones will last quite a while. Only thing you have to do is watch out when putting the prop shaft through not to tear the seals. Just my $.02

[126driver]

V-drives alway leak! Those seals work pretty decent, used to have one in the Morg-mobile.

[Rexone]

I've had good luck with the "long" style grease type with 2 seals also. The short single seal ones don't have enough surface area though and don't seem to last long. Also, any vibration present from a worn strut bushing will dramatically shorten the life of the seal as will not greasing often enough. One thing to remember on the grease type, you can't run them too tight or they'll sieze (been there). The ones we make start out with .010 to .015 clearance. Any tighter than .010 seems to be a problem in extended high rpm applications.

[Kim Hanson]

Originally posted by 126driver
V-drives alway leak!
So what I say is true, they are like you are in a washing machine ...........( . )( . )...........

[126driver]

I remember one time at Merced, CA we were sitting in the boats in the water, waiting forever for the start gun, and everyone was of course leaking. It was a LONG time and everyone had a damn flood in their boats. They finally had guys with this cart/battery/bilge-pump setup come up and suck everyone's boats dry! That was the old rope-gland seal days. Those things work good but drip. The new grease-filled seals work much better.

[Kim Hanson]

Originally posted by 126driver
I remember one time at Merced, CA we were sitting in the boats in the water, waiting forever for the start gun, and everyone was of course leaking. It was a LONG time and everyone had a damn flood in their boats. They finally had guys with this cart/battery/bilge-pump setup come up and suck everyone's boats dry! That was the old rope-gland seal days. Those things work good but drip. The new grease-filled seals work much better.
You guy's don't have bilge pumps in the boat? I have three, each side and in the middle!Need that splash pan next, sorry for taking this off topic...but sinking is for seals, not boats ..........( . )( . ).....