IN-SITU STERN TUBE BORING AND SHAFTLINE REPAIR BULK CARRIER

When an assessment showed that a bulker needed to have its tail shaft machined, new stern tube bearings, and a line
boring of the stern-tube housing during a short dry dock, was engaged to take on the repairs.
After discovering the leaking forward stern tube seal, inspection revealed that the tail shaft could not be machined in-
situ and needed to be removed and that both the fwd and aft stern tube bearings and stern-tube housing had been
badly damaged.
worked round the clock with multiple shifts to line bore the stern tube housing while machine shop repairs were
completed on the shaft and bearings by machinists ashore.
REPAIRS CONSISTED OF:
line bored the 6.5 meter long, 6! mm diameter stern tube housing from an original diameter of 65 mm to the
finished diameter in 5 hours.
"achining of tail shaft from a diameter of 5 mm to 5#$ mm within 5 days
"achining of forward and aft stern tube bearings within 6 days
%aser alignment check of machined stern tube bore with engine flywheel
&itting and load test of bearings and shaft
'reation of new technical drawings approved by "arine 'lass society
RESULTS:
A class approved repair inside of e(tremely tight timelines to the highest tolerances resulting in a successful sea trial and
)uick return to service for the owner.
JOB SPECS* +,%- 'A../0.
Stern Tube Length: 6.5" Origin! Stern Tube Di": 65mm Fin! Stern Tube Di": 6!mm Ti! #h$t Origin!
Di": 5mm Ti! #h$t $in! Di": 5#$mm