repacking shafts

[Bill G.]

Anyone used Western Pacific Dripless Moldable PTFE? used Gortex last time around and my marina mentioned this stuff but they have not used it yet with anyone not sure I want to be the test boat...TXS Bill G

[Al C]

Bill
A friend of mine was thinking of trying it but the tech specs changed his mind.
Might be a none issue but it put some doubt in his mind.

The following is from the Jamestown Distributors site:

Not suitable for boats with extremely fast shaft rotation
To determine if your shaft rotation exceeds the limitations of this product, use the following formula:
Shaft size x 3 x Max. Shaft RPM (not engine RPM) / 12 = Max. FPM Max FPM should not exceed 900

Al

[Tony Meola]

I beleive our shafts will spin too fast for this stuff.