<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12547"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12660">Greg, the MK RIPTIDE 101 doesn't have that "seal with shield". It simply uses two identical seals. My units came with the "weedless wedge" prop and I wonder if that's why they don't have the shield on the outer seal since the wedge is suppose to prevent things getting stuck around it. The brass bearing is also different on your unit, oval whereas it is a flange bearing on the Riptide 101.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12547"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12547"><span>Jon</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12546"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12451" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12450"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12449"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12545"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12544"> On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 9:15 AM, james cottrell via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12448"><div id="yiv5686231353"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12447"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491919462422_12446"><div id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4034" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4035" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4053">Notice in this drawing</span></div><div id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4078" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4077"> <a rel="nofollow" id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4076" target="_blank" href="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0191/7628/files/2002_AC_-_freshwater_motors_-_transom_-_specialtytransom_-_classic_28.pdf?793">http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0191/7628/files/2002_AC_-_freshwater_motors_-_transom_-_specialtytransom_-_classic_28.pdf?793</a></span></div><div class="yiv5686231353qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4106"><br>That the outer seal is labeled "seal with shield". I have not called Minn-Kota but assume that the purpose of this "shield" is to protect against fishing line wrapped around the shaft, ruining the seal and letting water in. </div><div class="yiv5686231353qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4145"><br></div><div class="yiv5686231353qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv5686231353yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491915063608_4146"><br></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>