A 2 1/4" wrench will do the nuts as I recall, or use a couple of big pipe wrenches. You'll have to measure the packing, mine was 5/16" teflon. I crammed my corpus into that space, I'm sure you can.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 2 June 2015 at 20:52, Rick Rohwer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > HI Bev, I now have a dripless shaft, but in the past I have tweaked > these. It’s not complex. If you don’t need new packing you just tighten > the gland to a point where it is weeping at the rate you like. Channel > locks or pipe wrench will do the trick. This is not high stress wrenching > but you need to tension the packing with the first large nut, and then lock > your tension with the second net to snug. Too tight on the packing and it > will heat up and eat the packing pretty quickly, so the whole exercise is > gentle and to be happy with the rate of drip. If you tighten it down and > the pace continues, you may need new packing. If you pull your old packing > out a bit and snip some off to see what was used you should be able to > staunch the flow again. If you pull it all out the box will leak at a high > rate. Lots of folks have the new packing! Plan accordingly. As I recall > the new packing wraps in the opposite direction as the forward prop spin > (take a mental picture as you pull the old packing out), enough to fill > the gland then tighten gently to the point the drip slows, stops or is very > small. Keep an eye on it and tighten accordingly. It will break in > eventually and will remain static possibly for years. I wish I were in > Vancouver as I would drop in and fix it, for a couple of pints. Of course > in Canada it may be cheaper to hire a top notch mechanic than buy me a > couple of beers. lol > It sounds like you are worried about it, and rightly so as the relentless > dripping adds up in the bilge. It is not a huge problem though and someone > on the net will chime in and come give you a hand. Great folks in BC on > C&C and other fine vessels. > Cheers > Rick Rohwer] > C&C 37+ Paikea > Poulsbo, WA > > On Jun 2, 2015, at 8:21 PM, Bev Parslow via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > What is the size of nuts on the stuffing box shaft? What size is the > packing? Does anyone know of a gnome or elf available for hire in Vancouver > to tighten the same? > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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