Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Amel Transmission
Robin Cooter <robincooter@...>
Hi Mike,
I had a plastic bag around my prop and the vibration messed up the seals enough to let sea water in. Seals are easy enough to obtain from any reasonable engineering supplier if you can't wait for AMEL to send them to you, but go for the best quality. Do note the way round the seals are when you take the old ones off! I go with Richard - don't run it very much with water in the oil. The sooner you check and replace the better. Robin Cooter, Santorin 004 Belouga Richard Piller <richard03801@...> wrote: Hi Mike. I would suggest that you also think about all new bearings along with your seals. Salt water has done them NO GOOD.... I would also take a very close look at the transmission case. If you hit that hard and got water in the gear box the chances are that the case has been cracked or is at least damaged... Seals normally fail from wear not a prop hit. In any case when you are having the transmission servcied I'd also check the alignment with hte engine and the prop drive to be sure they are aligned properly. (less then .005" out of alignment when you check with a dial indicator) And second I would not let run the boat to far with oil and water as at some point it will fail big time. Good luck and fair winds... Richard SM 209 --- michael grunstein <mgrunstein2002@...> wrote: Hello Group,__________________________________________________________ Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a__________________________________________________________ Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 --------------------------------- For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.
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