I don't know if C&C used exactly the same stuffing box on every boat that they built with a 1" shaft, and I don't know how a boat owner could know for certain in all circumstances whether or not the box in their boat is original equipment even if they did. I do know that stuffing boxes made for the same diameter prop shaft and prop log tube do not all have the same inside diameter for the packing, and therefore require different packing sizes. This I discovered when I replaced the stuffing box on my C&C36 a couple of years ago. I also selected packing that was too small at first. The correct size is whatever the gap is between the prop shaft and the ID of the stuffing box. No other size is going to work properly.
One other thing. If you do select flax packing, make sure that you do not over tighten it, and especially on first installation. Flax swells a little bit when wet, and that can take a few days. It is a mistake to tighten the packing nut on a boat that has been on the hard over winter just because it leaks a little in the spring. My C&C27 leaks when first splashed every year, but the leaking stops after a day or two. I adjusted the nut once in the past 17 years and I am not certain that it was really necessary even then. Steve Thomas On the hard in Ontario ---- robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > "Any one else with an early 80's 34' and a 1 inch shaft want to tell > what size packing they use." Don, I have 1984 C&C 32 with a 1" prop shaft....typical stuffing box....replaced with 3/16"....3 strands....first two strands went in but when I put in the 3rd strand, I couldn't not thread the nut....too tight....so I took out the 3rd strand and put the nut on and tighten it to compress the first two strands and then put the 3rd strand back in and I could then put the nuts together. My point is 3 strands of 3/16th on my 1" shaft is what worked for me. Any particular reason you used 1/4' packing and not 3/16th? Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - #277 Halifax, N.S. _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
