So I launched my boat to be my isolation away from home. I noticed a small drip accumulating in the engine well. I thought the drip was coming from the rear of the rubber boot. Turns out it is coming from the joint between the shaft tube and the hull. I was able to slow the drip to about 1-2 gal per day by resealing the tube/hull joint with underwater epoxy. Soooo a couple questions:
1) When I remove the boot from the shaft tube the water leaks in at about a drop every 2 seconds- what is holding the water out?
2) Is there another sealing mechanism inside the tube?
I added a second bilge pump inside the engine well to handle the water accumulation. I will probably handle the big adjustment and leak sealing issue in the fall (unless warranted earlier). I also noticed that the shaft tube is not concentric with the shaft.
1) When I remove the boot from the shaft tube the water leaks in at about a drop every 2 seconds- what is holding the water out?
2) Is there another sealing mechanism inside the tube?
I added a second bilge pump inside the engine well to handle the water accumulation. I will probably handle the big adjustment and leak sealing issue in the fall (unless warranted earlier). I also noticed that the shaft tube is not concentric with the shaft.
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