Victor, as you may know there are many differant types of stainless steel and some hold up better in salt water than others.If you can research who made your shafts then what type of steel they are made from you may be able to talk to a meturlagist and see if its the best or if you have options. Russ. > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:05:50 -0700 > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Packing Size Question > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > 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 > >
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