1967 28 sportsman

[cpt.scuba]

ive been rebuilding my 67 sportsman and need help with the transom mounted tillers ?? they are just like the 28 cary tillers . i have never serviced them ??? what seals them ?? are they like regular stuffing boxes ???

[BUIZILLA]

I had a 28 Cary...

what sealing area are you concerned with?

[cpt.scuba]

yea i had one in the keys . but i never worked on the tillers . have you ever took them off or apart ??

[BUIZILLA]

dropped the rudders from the boxes

never took the boxes off the transom though

didn't need to

[BlownCrewCab]

They are probably just like a stuffing box only you can keep them tighter so you get zero drippage since they only move a few degrees at a time. do they have a overly large nut where packing could fit inside?

[cpt.scuba]

ill just go pull them apart and see whats what ...

[BUIZILLA]

take the top cap off FIRST

[cpt.scuba]

will do . do you think i should chang over to the dripless seals on the drive shafts while i got it out . it going to sit in the water should i spend the money ??are they worth the cost

[BUIZILLA]

if I would have kept mine, I would have switched the logs to dripless... I was forever, as in every trip, adjusting the gland nuts.. :garfield:

[cpt.scuba]

i was afraid you would say that .. whats another 500.00

[zelatore]

Dripless is the only way to fly. Once you've had 'em, you'll never go back.

Sorta like heated seats in your car (or heated grips on your bike) - you don't realize what you're missing until you have them, then you wonder how you lived without 'em.

No salt in the bilge = :kingme: