I installed shaft brushes last week, Saturday we went out for an over nighter and I climbed down into engine room while the wife ran the boat. I wanted to check on the shaft brushes while underway.
The shaft brushes were just fine but what I did notice was the shaft log on the starboard motor had a wobble to it. The port stuffing box was nice and still .
Anyone else have a stuffing box wobble and what should I be looking at? I do have a slight vibration but seems to come and go. Not certain it is the starboard side at this point (did not run one gear at a time yet) Not really wanting to pull shaft to check for trueness if there are other indicators to look for first.
I was wondering if this was a sign of it being out of alignment or not? All ears, so give me ideas.
Thanks
The shaft brushes were just fine but what I did notice was the shaft log on the starboard motor had a wobble to it. The port stuffing box was nice and still .
Anyone else have a stuffing box wobble and what should I be looking at? I do have a slight vibration but seems to come and go. Not certain it is the starboard side at this point (did not run one gear at a time yet) Not really wanting to pull shaft to check for trueness if there are other indicators to look for first.
I was wondering if this was a sign of it being out of alignment or not? All ears, so give me ideas.
Thanks