Salt water on drive train??????
11-03-2005, 12:09 AM
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Salt water on drive train??????
I know salt water causes rust on the drive train. Who has had problems and what precautions do you take besides hosing the boat down with clean water after a day of running.
Will the salt water work its way up the shaft where the propellar is attached???? Its seems my proppelar is rustes now and so is the nut holding it on.
What about the shaft????????
Will the salt water work its way up the shaft where the propellar is attached???? Its seems my proppelar is rustes now and so is the nut holding it on.
What about the shaft????????
11-03-2005, 12:38 PM
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RE: Salt water on drive train??????
I must be honest and tell you that I do not have experience with model boats in salt water...but I do with helicopters. I worked at sea spotting tuna as a pilot/mechanic for over fifteen years, and I did learn a thing or two about corrosion.
I found a mixture of LPS-3, WD-40 and ACF-50 (25% - 70% - 5%) works wonders to keep metal, corrosion free, but you will need to keep it soaked with the mixture all the time. The WD-40 displaces the water on metal, the LPS-3 places a wax type coating on the metal and the ACF-50 is a very good corrosion preventitive. A double sweet water rinse would be manditory, and an application of this mixture done right after. Coat all hardware fully, and where different metals touch, use a little grease on the screw threads. I would do this after your finished sailing your vessal, and again latter before you put your equipment away for a long period of time. Ever so often remove all hardware and re-apply either mastinox on the threads or grease.
I did paint the exposed hardware open to the ocean air with clear nail polish, used Mastinox on all threads-or grease, rinsed down my bird each day with sweet water and my mixture was sprayed down liberly to the reast of the airframe and rotor blades. With this, I kept the corrosion in check...but it was almost a losing proposition. Ocean water and weather is really rough on all equipment. You must be vigilant and religiously care for your equipment. Or you will lose it to corrosion.
I will be sailing my boat in the ocean too...and there is no fresh water ponds anywhere near me. So in time, I will have direct experience.
Safe port always,
Bobby of Maui
I found a mixture of LPS-3, WD-40 and ACF-50 (25% - 70% - 5%) works wonders to keep metal, corrosion free, but you will need to keep it soaked with the mixture all the time. The WD-40 displaces the water on metal, the LPS-3 places a wax type coating on the metal and the ACF-50 is a very good corrosion preventitive. A double sweet water rinse would be manditory, and an application of this mixture done right after. Coat all hardware fully, and where different metals touch, use a little grease on the screw threads. I would do this after your finished sailing your vessal, and again latter before you put your equipment away for a long period of time. Ever so often remove all hardware and re-apply either mastinox on the threads or grease.
I did paint the exposed hardware open to the ocean air with clear nail polish, used Mastinox on all threads-or grease, rinsed down my bird each day with sweet water and my mixture was sprayed down liberly to the reast of the airframe and rotor blades. With this, I kept the corrosion in check...but it was almost a losing proposition. Ocean water and weather is really rough on all equipment. You must be vigilant and religiously care for your equipment. Or you will lose it to corrosion.
I will be sailing my boat in the ocean too...and there is no fresh water ponds anywhere near me. So in time, I will have direct experience.
Safe port always,
Bobby of Maui
