Hello, The stuffing box on my 35 Mk 3 had a steady drip last fall, so I repacked it recently. According to my callipers, I could use ¼ flax in the gland nut (1 shaft). This seemed to pack in easily enough, but I was only able to get three rings in and still have enough threads on the nut. However, I had pulled four rings out! Theres no way I could get four of these quarter-inch rings in. My question: have I made a mistake should I have used 3/16 material? As I mentioned, the packing seemed to fit into the gland fairly easy with just finger-pushing, but could this overheat the shaft, and are three rings enough? Launch is next Wednesday, so Id have to move quickly if I need to downsize it to 3/16. Thanks!
Jason Ainslie, Spirit 1984 C&C 35-3 Bayfield, ON
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