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One big reason Drip-Less seals are not universal is
they can fail catastrophically and sink the boat. Old
style packing tends to go gradually giving you some
warning. The Teflon seals, Gore-Tex is one, seal
really well and last a long time. The old style seals
need to leak a small amount to lubricate the packing
material, BTW. Not sure if that is the case with
Teflon and its inherent lubricity.
Aloha
Peter O.
--- Donald Smith <> wrote:
> Why would one deal with packing material when
> dripless shaft seals
> are available? No matter what kind of packing
> materila one stuffs
> into the seal it will wear oout and wear the shaft.
> Anyway, here's
> the web site for the dripless shaft seal.
> http://www.shaftseal.com/
>
> --- In , Kim C
> <casey_2020 at dot dot dot > wrote:
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> > I have been using the teflon packing material for
> 10 years and it
> has worked well. It is supposed to work on safts
> that are scored and
> less than perfect. The teflon material does squissh
> a bit and
> therefore requires several adjustments to get it to
> the drippless
> point.
> > I recently bought GoreTex shaft packing material
> that is said to be
> even better than the teflon packing. I plan to
> install the GoreTex
> during next haulout. The GorTex packing looks like
> it will require
> fewer adjustments to get it to the dripples point.
> It is a firmer
> material than the teflon material.
> >
> > Best of luck,
> > Have a great 2008,
> > Kim
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> >
>
>
>
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