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Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Wearing out bearing

There must be a lip seal where the driven horizontal shaft enters the oil-filled c-drive. There is oil on the inside, and a rotating shaft. A seal is needed. In this service a lip seal should

By Bill Kinney <greatketch@...> · #30535 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

That would be the Santorin. Santorum is the politician Kent Kristy SM 243

By Kent Robertson · #30534 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

I don't remember a lip seal on the Upper end of the C Drive either. There is the rubber? hose collar that goes between the vertical drive shaft and the hull with hose clamps. And there are 3 O-rings

By Kent Robertson · #30533 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

Hi Craig, Where is the upper lip seal located on the “C” drive? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite Amel Super Maramu #376

By sailormon <kimberlite@...> · #30532 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

Bill, It is not difficult to cut the sleeve down. I Just cut it down with the side of a cut off wheel and polished the end with sandpaper then Tripoli. I found for another hundred dollars it was

By sailormon <kimberlite@...> · #30531 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Thruster oil volume?

Thank you, Alexandre. My drive motor and jack screw motor spent the last week at the shop getting the full "spa" treatment, and I'm putting everything back together tomorrow. Hoping to splash on Wed.

By Bill Kinney <greatketch@...> · #30530 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Thruster oil volume?

0.32 Quarts of 90 weight oil Alexandre --------------------------------------------

By Alexandre Uster von Baar <uster@...> · #30529 ·

Thruster oil volume?

I can't seem to find the number in my Amel papers... How much oil goes into the bow thruster on a SM? Thanks much to anybody who has this on the tip of their tongue... Bill Kinney SM#160

By greatketch@... · #30528 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

Hi all. While the wearing out bearing seems expensive, in the context of a biannual change at the time of a regular haul out its not too bad. BUT in the context that it is protecting a very expensive

By Danny and Yvonne SIMMS · #30527 ·

Re: Shaft alternator amel maramu

I have 1985 Maramu 192. I would guess this is the original prop shaft alternator. Belt is 10 or so grooves about 1.25" wide I can measure the pulleys if you need, as is in my shop at the moment. Ken

By Kenneth Coats · #30526 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Watermaker

Paul, I am fairly sure that you are getting air into the system. There are a lot of ways, but the most common way I see owners getting air into the system is when they change filters. When changing

By Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...> · #30525 ·

Re: Watermaker

We hardly get any water out of the tap at the control panel for testing, when we start the WM there is always a lot if air in the flow glas but it dissapeare after afew minutes, capacity around 45 to

By Paul Osterberg · #30524 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

That is worth a lot, and is what I thought. I believe that the SM Maintenance Schedule in the Files section states the same. I don't have the internet to verify. Bill Rouse BeBe Amel 53

By Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...> · #30523 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

For what it is worth, the original service documents from our boats commissioning specify the 800 hours interval. Bill Kinney SM #160, Harmonie On the Hard, Fort Lauderdale, FL “Ships and men rot in

By Bill Kinney <greatketch@...> · #30522 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

Craig, The only time I had water is when we were in the Med and the Yanmar had low hours at the two year mark...and I decided to put the service off until the next haulout. As it turned out, our next

By Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...> · #30521 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: boxtron replacement

By JEFFREY KRAUS · #30520 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

Bill, Got it - sounds a good plan. Any water intrusion with your two year / ~ 350 hour schedule? Craig

By Craig Briggs · #30519 ·

Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Wearing out bearing

Craig, I have been in the tropics most of the time and during our circumnavigation we averaged about 350 hours a year. I believe that Amel told me 800 engine hours on the C Drive bushing and seals. I

By Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...> · #30518 ·

Re: Watermaker

Hi Duane we have Duo 60 and the light turns from bad to good after two minutes regardless... I have to say tho that the water is good after two minutes...I always test it with a TDS meter. I'm sure

By Alan Leslie · #30517 ·

Re: Watermaker

Gary, It creates a puddle promptly. I haven't yet taken it back apart. I wonder if the Duo 60 L/H version has the same problem with the salinity meter? I sent Maud an email asking about that some

By sailor63109@... · #30516 ·

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