I drained the oil out of the drive leg the other day and it came out a sort of coffee colour. Definitely not the runny honey colour it went in. This is usually a sign that water is getting unto the oil. I remember during the season we caught some fishing lines in our propeller. There was quite a lot of it, and took a while to untangle and thought that I had got it all. Having taken the prop off I discovered that the line had made it’s way down the shaft as far as the seals. As the leg was suffering from quite a few patches of corrosion I decided it was time for a refurbishment, so it has been removed from the boat
I have removed the seal housing and the seals. Despite looking ok, they are 17 years old so we’ll replace them anyway.
After a lot of scraping and sanding the leg is ready for the primer.
4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg 