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Old 06-09-2008, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by John Doe View Post
Now I am a little twitchy: the helm seal kit at West is $9.99 and the local shop rate time is 1.0. The stern piston seal kit is $29.99 same labor. I am going to order the parts and have my man what does the yard and plumbing do it. *********s. You would think the dealer I bought from (two boats) would want repeat business.
I can't think of any legit reason not to just replace the seals on a 2 yo system. Seems like the dealer doesn't know who he's dealing with!

I had a Teleflex system on my '69 Whaler Nauset, don't have any idea what model it was, but I had to replace the stern seals twice. I never had a problem with the helm seals, probably since they were protected by the console unlike the stern one that was always exposed to the elements.
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