Stern Tube

[Saint Paul]

Has anyone had a Stern Tube repacked at a Boat Yard, if so can you give me any indication as to costs?

[matty40s]

Shouldn't be any more than £50 unless you have something strange and inaccessible. 1 hour minimum labour charge, cost of packing and topping up your grease.

[Bee]

Its not a hard job to do yourself, packing from ASAP or similar firms and a search on here will tell you lots. Thing is though that a good engineer can tell you if your shaft is properly aligned and maybe if the outboard bearing is worn or if a groove is worn into the shaft by the old packing.  Any of this is possible, unlikely but you know what its like when you take your car to the garage, you can start off with a worn belt and end up with a new alternator, water pump and a huge bill.

[Tony Brooks]

34 minutes ago, Saint Paul said:

Has anyone had a Stern Tube repacked at a Boat Yard, if so can you give me any indication as to costs?

Just to be clear. Do you mean stern gland or stern tube. if the latter what is wrong with the tube? Matty has assumed you mean tube but you might not.

1 minute ago, Bee said:

Its not a hard job to do yourself, packing from ASAP or similar firms and a search on here will tell you lots. Thing is though that a good engineer can tell you if your shaft is properly aligned and maybe if the outboard bearing is worn or if a groove is worn into the shaft by the old packing.  Any of this is possible, unlikely but you know what its like when you take your car to the garage, you can start off with a worn belt and end up with a new alternator, water pump and a huge bill.

Some instructions here http://www.tb-training.co.uk/10sgear.htm#bmn31

 

 

[matty40s]

10 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

Just to be clear. Do you mean stern gland or stern tube. if the latter what is wrong with the tube? Matty has assumed you mean tube but you might not.

 

 

 

Quite right, my bad!!

[Tony Brooks]

Just now, matty40s said:

Quite right, my bad!!

Not so in my view. I only posted after I realised we both were thinking the same thing but the OP may not be.

[philjw]

OP did say "repacked" so I think it is safe to say he means the stern gland.   Are there any re-packable stern tubes?

[Tony Brooks]

1 hour ago, philjw said:

OP did say "repacked" so I think it is safe to say he means the stern gland.   Are there any re-packable stern tubes?

No but it is possible he has a leak from on of the tube threads and has misunderstood what someone told him about sealing it.

[Mad Harold]

Had my stern gland re-packed at a yard.

Cost was £50.