Good brand of cutlass bearing

Looking for recommendations I want to fit a new cutlass bearing to my old walker H28

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Datawiz said..
Bite the bullet and get a PSS seal HG. You'll have a dry bilge, no adjusting the cutlass bearing to one drip a minute, etc.
I fitted one and so glad I did.
regards,
allan

I Negotiate the PSS seal kit as a deal for the slipping sail drive a engine reconditioner from Canada is a PSS seal agent that bought the sail drive for repairng



both parties are extremely happy with there trading

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Donk107 said..

Datawiz said..
Bite the bullet and get a PSS seal HG. You'll have a dry bilge, no adjusting the cutlass bearing to one drip a minute, etc.
I fitted one and so glad I did.
regards,
allan

I don't really understand this because the pss seal does not replace the cutlass bearing

Regards Don

Data was only expressing that I should add a PSS seal while Ive every thing off . He didn't know id already bought one Donk
Bloody Taswegens want to know every thing

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HG02 said..
Looking for recommendations I want to fit a new cutlass bearing to my old walker H28

It is not about the "brand", it is about the material it is made of.

Being as how you want to go traditional, lignum vitae would be fitting, but IF you can find it, the cost might be more than you have spent on the yacht so far.

If you are going to replace your existing I suggest getting the old one out first and see how much damage the extraction causes to where it was bonded.

Once you have cleaned up the damage and made the aperture into an as near as possible a cylindrical hole, get somebody to turn up a bush from Delrin or similar. It needs to measure 5 thou less on the O.D. than the hole it is going into so that it can be glued in with epoxy glue. The I.D. needs to have grooves in it to allow water lubrication and maybe 3 to 5 thou clearance on the shaft.

Before extracting the old stern bearing you should fit up the engine on the old shaft and bearing as accurately as possible and give it a run to make sure bearing and shaft replacement are really necessary. If it is necessary, use the engine position as a datum point to which the new shaft and bearing will be fitted to.

Ask yourself the question and answer it honestly "Do I really need to replace the stern bearing??"

Hi HG

The Walker Sailmasters appear to have the bearing in a external bolt on housing (the photo below is not mine but another one from down here)

Are the Walker H28's the same or are they internal in the hull

Regards Don

You're right Don - I was confusing the cutlass bearing with the stuffing box. I realized that right after I posted my reply, but couldn't retract it.
From now on I'll try not to shoot from the hip....:)
regards
Allan

I used to sell vesconite
I could remember the name
Mate used to use it on his sink boat
Not the place I bought from but Ill sniff around a bit

www.vesco.com.au/

On the email I sent you . I might know more tonight with a yes or no Ramona