Water coming in from stuffing tube

[tlandauer]

To avoid confusion, I just mentioned "normal rotation". If I use a Flex cable that is design for that, prop should rotate anti-clockwise viewwd looking at the transom, under this scenario, water should not enter, with the same cable, if I reverse motor rotation, water will enter. A Cable that is meant to rotate clockwise ( looking at transom), and is turng clockwise, water still will not enter.
But I am trying to forget this as i have been convinced by Chief here that under full power and in the real world this "theory" doesn't holdup. So please help me to forget it

[LarrysDrifter]

I used this China stinger on a friends mono I built. That gap was the 1st thing I noticed. The second was that the 3/16 stub shaft would not go into the lead teflon bushings. I hated that thing ever since. I ended up removing the bushings and made my own brass bushing with grease holes in it. Its been working great. As far as the gap, I used clear silicon to seal the gap. Never a problem with water up the tube. One thing I learned from using cheap hardware is that you have to mod it to make it work. To me, its a waste of time. Id rather spend a couple extra bucks and get Speedmaster just because its not a headache in the least bit and its made in the USA. To each his own. Im not bashing people that use China hardware, just typing my experience with with.

[tlandauer]

I couldn't agree with you more! Infact, I also noticed the gap from the get-go and placed a large dia. fuel tube over the exit of the stuffing tube, my mistake was I assumed it sealed up the gap and continued to hold this false believe , it is not until all these people gave me helpuf advice did i re-examine the situation. Now I used clear silicone sealant and hopefully today I will have a chance to test the stinger. I thought of replacing the whole assembly with USA made ones, but I got the boat relatively cheap and want to save the money for a build maybe in the summer when I gather enough courage, it's been great to learn. I have a 2,25 inch stub shaft that I know it is reaching the transom side bushing. Thanks for pointing it out.

[BHChieftain]

Yeah, might be easier just to upgrade the strut to speedmaster stinger and be done with it...

Chief

[martin]

When you get water going up the stuffing tube i believe it dosnt have anything to do with flex rotation, its more to do with the water pressure that you get between for example the end of the strut & drive dog (this is why some bevel the front of the dog around 10degress) to reduce the pressure & reduce water being forced up the tube. Same thing applies if you have a leak at the front of the strut or stinger.

[CeilidhKeith]

Just a thought but are you sure the water is coming up the shaft into the boat or is your jacket leaking on your motor or a leak where a pipe connects somewhere.

[tlandauer]

@ Chief, I know what you mean, it is not worth the trouble, just be done with change and upgrading. But another side of me was so ticked off that I want to solve the problem.
@Martin, because I am a newbie, I just couldn't imagine how much pressure was generated when the boat was full steam ahead, now I know.

@ CeilidhKeith, thanks, the first thing I did when I got the boat was to check everything that might leak, I pressure the water line thru the rudder tube with a syringe. So the leak is not from there.

[tlandauer]

to ALL WHO HAVE HELPED ME!
OK, I tested and the words "BONE DRY" have never meant this much to me! All the extra sealing and making sure the bushings were right paid off! I gained my sanity back thanks to you all, Have a great Holiday weekend!
Tim

[lenny]

Now you can have fun a work,
And happy holiday to all.

[HydroMike]

Well I know Remy @ AM is working on something that might be worth calling him about it fits right over the stuffing and a bearing rides or supports the cable # is 302-628-3944

I have a persistent problem with water coming in thru the stuffing tube at the collet end, tried every imaginable ways to seal it, to no avail.
I was looking at the windings of the cable, normal rotation cable should "push" water down the tube, if anything, it's like a screw, so after putting a tight silicone fuel tube how is it possible for water to just spin out from there, I can tell by the blue grease the water has splashed out. I get 2 oz. if not more water for every 2 min. ride. All my other boats don't have this problem. BTW, it is a Pursuit, not heavily moded, 0.25 inch brass stuffing tube, teflon liner and .150 Kintec flex cable, stinger. Teflon liner is not spinning, no abnormal operation.
Another thing: when I first got this boat, it didn't have any issues, but then I had to change a cable as the one came was no longer in good conditon. I got the replacement from Jan and it's beautifully made, I gave him the measurements and he custom made for me, with 2.25 inch shaft. I needed a shorter cable than his on the shelf pieces. Does shaft length have anything to do with it? Lost original cable after leaving it in the house ( family member trashing it) so i don't remember/know original shaft length.

[tlandauer]

Thanks Lenny! hahahaha....
Happy Holiday to you!

[tlandauer]

HydroMike, you mean AeroMarine? Will look into it, thanks for the Phone number, appreciate very much!

[HydroMike]

Yes sir that would be the one WC if u can call first thing in the morning sometimes its hard to get though

HydroMike, you mean AeroMarine? Will look into it, thanks for the Phone number, appreciate very much!

[BHChieftain]

to ALL WHO HAVE HELPED ME!
OK, I tested and the words "BONE DRY" have never meant this much to me! All the extra sealing and making sure the bushings were right paid off! I gained my sanity back thanks to you all, Have a great Holiday weekend!
Tim

Yahoo! Now go have some fun.

Ps, I've spent so much time making my boats watertight, but now i am working on a 1/10 scale shovelnose that is designed to run "wet" (no way to waterproof the hull). So now my attention has turned to waterproofing components...

Chief

[lenny]

Yahoo! Now go have some fun.

Ps, I've spent so much time making my boats watertight, but now i am working on a 1/10 scale shovelnose that is designed to run "wet" (no way to waterproof the hull). So now my attention has turned to waterproofing components...

Chief

Why are they ?
Designed to run "wet" (no way to waterproof the hull). So now my attention has turned to waterproofing components...