T&T: Bonding the prop shaft

capteric36 capteric36 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Apr 14 13:02:16 EDT 2008


 Bonding your shaft to your transmission will NOT 
solve the problem.
 My guess is that you have a stainless steel shaft 
and a bronze propeller. Either the zinc is too 
small for the job or you have a 'stray current' 
problem.

 Bonding PROMOTES galvanic corrosion, it does NOT 
prevent it!

Eric Thompson
S/V Procrastinator
South San Francisco
capteric36 at sbcglobal.net


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