Welcome to the KIWI Shaft Seal website.

KIWI Seal is a New Zealand made shaft seal composed of marine grade stainless steel carrier housing, bearing that contains friction reducing additives for longer life and reduced noise. The lip seal used in the Kiwi Shaft Seal assembly is a radial lip seal, with reinforced metal case and nitrile rubber elastomer.

The KIWI Seal is manufactured by Henleys Propellers and Marine Ltd, a company that has been in the marine industry since 1917. With Henleys Propellers vast experience in the industry it has developed the maintenance free, easy to install KIWI shaft seal.

The KIWI shaft seal has 2* years or 1000* hours warranty and this product is certified by SGS M&I New Zealand a member of the SGS Group (Societe Generale de Surveillance).

The KIWI shaft seal is available from 1" to 4" shaft sizes in 1/4" increments.

In selecting a shaft seal the following criteria shall be considered by order of importance:

• Safety

• Level of operation/maintenance
• Long term wear and tear of the shaft seal
• Price
• Compact size
• Initial installation requirements
• Shaft wear

Sample installation of the KIWI shaft seal can be seen by following this link.