Russ, In my business we do just that with the chrome plating. One of the machines we manufacture has a 18" daimeter drive shaft for a 12' diameter wheel. The original shafts were just plain stainless and we had real wear problems. Then we started to do the hard (thick) chrome plating and then re-grind to size. Now the shafts last 10+ years.
Do you have any idea how the chrome plating would hold up in the salt water? I would love to put my boat shafts through the same process. The only thing I worry about would be the galvanic corrosion. On Mar 21, 1:13 am, Russ Hebert <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not a marine engineer but I have done some work in a full service > machine shop. although most shafts start off as a certain diameter, they have > sometimes been reconditioned and then there original size can be > questionable. And yes the do have ways to put material ( hard chrome plating) > back on a shaft and then turn it to reach a desired diameter. > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Packing Size Question > Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:27:04 +0000 > > For a person that seems to know so much about everything how is it that you > can remove both shafts without knowing what diameter they are?? > What do you mean about reconditioning the shafts? How do you do that? > Are there grooves worn into the shafts? Are they going to be welded or metal > sprayed back to original size and then ground. Are they straight to begin > with? What is the base material to work with? > Might want to look into dripless shaft seals? > Lots of questions to be asked don't you think. > Jim > -------------- Original message from flitebuilder > <[email protected]>: -------------- > > > > > I am still working on my 1973 36' SS. I have taken the prop shafts > > out of the boat for reconditioning. Does anybody know off hand what > > size packing I need for the stuffing boxes. I am not in a position to > > be able to measure it right now. Any suggestions on what type to use > > would also be welcome. I am leaning toward something like GRAPHTEX > > ULTRA - GTU from Western Pacific Trading. > > > Thanks, > > > Victor > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ SkyDrive: Get 25 GB of free online > storage.http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_032009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
