mquiet
Well-Known Member
so our boat has the Tides dripless system and have been there since we purchs d the boat. The other week I noticed some water in my engine room forward bilge. After tasting to verify if fresh or salt, (it was salt) I was trying to solve where it was coming from. After a test cruise I saw under load it was the dripless shaft starting to leak. If you have never replaced the shaft seal with the spare, it is very easy. While the boat was in the slip, I loosened up the cap, took split o-ring off, pry our old seal and cut off shaft. Slide spare into place, put o-ring back, and attach cap. Done! 10 minutes and less than a gallon of water enters boat. Great system and now I'm good to go.