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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:23 pm 
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Matt, I’m in the process of replacing my twist-n-seal hatch cover o-rings—they are sloppy--causing the hatch covers to leak. Hobie recommends using “silicone sprayâ€

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:59 am 
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good question keith. I was thinking of forcing some silcone grease into the steering and rudder up down line tubes to reduce water intake. Where do you buy this stuff? I take it you can't just drive down to Ace Hardware.

BTW the broken steering tube on the Adventure is fixed. I scavenged one off the Revo. a replacement is on back order.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:18 am 
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Silicone for sure. Petroleum grease will swell the o rings and make them sloppy.

I will have to copy this question to our factory and engineers for what kind.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:30 am 
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I take it back. Stopped in at Ace hardware today. My favorite hardware owner said the flourosilicon orings are blue so i figure we have the black nitrile. He also had a small container of silicone grease. He said you must work it in to the o ring.


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There is quite a bit on the web--quite a bit of confusion, that is. I tried to get silicone grease at my Ace but they did not have any. It is common at dive shops and that is where I found it.

The fluorosilicone grease is commonly used on the red, blue, yellow o-rings/gaskets of waterproof camera housings and some dryboxes.

I agree, the Hobie hatch o-ring is probably the black nitrile material and regular silicone grease is the correct one for that.

Hopefully, the Hobie engineers can confirm.

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Will take some time... the work M-Th... off today and the chief engineer is out for the next week.

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Sorry to detour this thread but would silicone grease be appropriate for the seals in underwater cameras too?...Pirate


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Pirate,

It is my understanding that most of these seals are silicone and fluorosilicone is the correct grease, but all the camera companies are very secretive and insist that you use their expensive lubricants.

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I hope silicon grease was OK, because I put some on our boats. Seems to be fine. Don't use any more than needed. It's a magnet for sand.


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That's a good reason not to use silicone grease in your rudder line tubes where the magnetized sand can chew up the spectra lines and rubber o ring tube seals, or migrate into the rudder assembly. for these purposes silicone spray is best if anything IMO (the carrier evaporates).

I also use an occasional light coating of silicone grease on my replacement 8" hatch seals -- hasn't caused any problems so far. When cleaning the boat afterwards, I open the hatches for airing and wipe off any accumulated sand or grit at that time. 8)


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The cheif engineers says... "regular silicone grease". Didn't offer more detail than that.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:59 am 
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That is fine, Matt. Thanks.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:56 pm 
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Danco Silicone Grease

Available in the plumbing section of Home Depot.

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