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SXL Thrust Washers


Have a low coefficient of friction which enables them to operate with no grease.
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SXL Rudder Bearings


Operate without grease or oil lubrication, in dry or wet environments, and in all rudder bearing applications.
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Rudder Seals


Designed to keep out abrasives such as sand and grit from the rudder trunk, which will provide a longer bearing wear life.
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Self-Aligning Bearings (SAB)


ThorPlas-Blue SAB is intended to address issues caused by less than desirable alignment tolerances in the steering system design. The self-lubricating split spherical bearing allows for easy renewal and operates grease-free.
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ThorPlas-Blue Linkage Bearings


Operates without grease or oil lubrication, in dry or wet environments, and in all steering linkage applications.
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ThorSleeve


If required, non-corrosive NCB hardened ThorSleeves are designed to offer superior performance running in combination with Thordon tailshaft and rudder bearings. Provides a longer wear life and reduced maintenance downtime over the life of the vessel. Bronze sleeves can also be supplied.
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Propeller Shaft Bearings


Thordon Propeller Shaft Bearings offer easier alignment and less edge loading with good resistance to abrasive wear from dirty water environments.
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TG100 Shaft Seals


The TG100 offers long wear life providing the lowest
maintenance costs and an unlimited shelf life on the elastomeric bellows. The unique emergency seal allows stand-alone operation to get you back to port without damaging the seal.

Thordon Bearings has over 25 years' experience working with workboats, tugboats and coastal vessels operating in dirty, brown water.  Long lasting and low maintenance bearing and seal solutions have consistently been confirmed by owners of workboats, and tug boats around the world.

  • Reduced maintenance and operating cost
  • Reliable – reduces drydockings
  • Proven performance in workboats
  • Easy machining and installation
  • Quick Delivery

Products

Installing RiverTough Prop Shaft Bearing

Propeller Shaft Bearings

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Thordon Fairleads

Deck Equipment Bearings

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Rudder Bearings

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Shaft Seals

Shaft Seals

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    Thordon Workboat NewsWorks 2021

    Thordon’s web-based newsletter specifically developed for marine users of oil-free and grease-free bearings in the workboat sector. This newsletter includes feature articles that highlight our successes in the Workboat industry with TG100 shaft seals, RiverTough tailshaft bearings, and other pollution-free Thordon products on the US Inland Waterways, Latin America and around the world.
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    Thordon Secures Contract to Retrofit Tailshaft Bearings Across Panama Fleet of 32 Tugs

    May 21, 2024
    Thordon Bearings has secured a significant contract to convert the rubber tailshaft bearings across an entire fleet of Panama-operating tugs, pilot vessels, and workboats to water-lubricated polymer bearings. The agreement with the unnamed operator follows the successful retrofitting of Thordon’s SXL tailshaft bearings to twelve of its twin-screw tugs last year during scheduled dry dockings.
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    Thordon Bearings Supplies its First TG100 Seal in Chile

    Jan 23, 2024
    Leading water-lubricated bearings and seals innovator Thordon Bearings has completed the installation of its award-winning TG100 tailshaft seals on a twin-screw passenger vessel. The retrofit took place during a scheduled drydocking at a Chilean yard in October 2023. It is the Canadian company’s first TG100 reference aboard a Chilean operated vessel.
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