I don't know if it's covered in the Pbase article that DJ posted above but the same guy has a really good article about the merits of dripless vs. traditional somewhere. It's a good read but I'm having a hard time finding it right now, may be the same article posted above or somewhere on sailnet or something.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:46 PM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com>wrote: > I stayed with traditional myself... I couldn't find anything to sway me > to the dripless style and a fellow Viking owner I respect highly suggested > I stay with the same one that was there. So I got a new hose, high quality > hose clamps and new packing and followed the instruction on > pbase<http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/stuffing_box>. > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Alex Giannelia <a...@airsensing.com> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Now on to STUFFING BOXES > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:00:52 -0400 > > Hello all again! > > > > Now that my new props shaft and prop are ready for the electric motor > install, I noticed my stuffing box packing nut is out of round on the > inside, so my friendly chandlery guy says this means the stuffing box > itself has “ovulated” and I need to replace the whole shooting match so, > what says the list? > > > > Then, if this was indeed so, traditional vs. dripless? What are the > recommendations this time around? I recall years ago a long thread on > this, so if no one wants to re-hash it, point me to the source for reading > myself. > > > > Alex Giannelia > > CC 35-II 1974 to be renamed after re-launch > > TORONTO, Ontario > > > > ag@@airsensing.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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