However, an item of debris was caught around one of the
propeller shafts.
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Frith said the approximate repair time is one hour, required to adjust the
propeller shaft's position for optimal performance.
The Sona Group of Companies is a leading independent manufacturer of steering systems, gears,
propeller shafts, differentials etc.
The ministry said the
propeller shaft of a Hino Ranger truck came off on the Higashi-Kanto Expressway in Chiba Prefecture in June 2010, puncturing a tire of an automobile behind the truck.
He added: "The view is that if this not been discovered the
propeller shaft would have pierced the hull and the ship could have gone down.
The crew of the MV Saoirse realized there was something wrong with the
propeller shaft when they took the vessel for refueling at Gocek on Turkey's southwest coast on Monday.
The
propeller shaft of the "Juliano," a ship shared by Swedish, Norwegian and Greek activists, was cut off while the vessel was docked in the Greek port of Piraeus, according to the Scandinavian organisers.
Crew members say they discovered the ship's
propeller shaft had been cut off late Monday.
The
propeller shaft had fallen off and attempts to repair it by the people on board, all from South Tyneside, failed.
One of my jobs was to go down the
propeller shaft tunnel behind a watertight door, under thousands of tons of ammo, in a convoy destined for Archangel to help relieve the siege of Leningrad.
While a carbon composite
propeller shaft plays a part, as does the use of magnesium on the steering column and inner doorframes, the real benefit is the aluminum construction, which with a torsional stiffness of 27 kNm/deg, is even stiffer than the Vanquish.