Dripless shaft seal that leaks

[JohnnyH]

I have a 2008 22ssv that is on a 3rd OJ dripless and this one is starting to leak. Anyone have a problem with these seals???

[knoble]

Yes they are junk!!! I replaced mine with a normal rope seal and have not had a problem since!!!

[JohnnyH]

I am very suprised owners have not made a big stink about these seals. I hate putting my boat up with a bunch of water stuck under the engine. I end up having to suck it out with a shop vac after every outing. Its starting to get old. I wonder how long my pumps are going to withstand pumping this hot water.

[knoble]

Yeah i just went to my locale supra dealer. (i know the owner) and he told me they are a piece of crap and gave me the rope seal! That was a couple years ago and no problems since then!!!

[thescott]

Can someone explain what a "normal rope seal" is?

[Salty87]

rope style shaft seals use shaft packing (small rope pretty much) that's compressed between 2 nuts around the shaft. it keeps water out except for a slow drip that keeps the packing lubricated so the shaft doesn't create heat and score the metal.

[JohnnyH]

I am wondering if its just the OJ design. Anyone have any luck with the PSS shaft seals?

[Salty87]

my pss has been a champ. i think it's OEM from 1987. i've changed the rubber boot once, pss was great to work with.

[JohnnyH]

Salty, Did you install the PSS yourself?

[csuggs]

No problems here with my PSS seal - the great thing is that you don't have to worry about any packings because there are none - very simple design. I'm pretty sure that it is not OEM because I think I remember seeing a maintenance record in the manual for packing the seal.

[Salty87]

i didn't install mine but i've replaced the rubber boot that the ring on the shaft compresses to create a seal. the old one had gotten brittle and tore when i was removing the shaft.