packing

If anyone wants a 8 1/2" length of 3/16" synthetic braid flax packing, plus 3 cut segments for a 3/4" shaft, please let me know. I'll throw it into an envelope and send it to you in exchange for a little good Karma for not throwing it into the landfill. This isn't enough to completely replace...

Anyone know what size of packing that is inside the Atomic 4 powered stuffing box? My prop shaft is 3/4 inch. I see that West Marine has a wide variety of sizes of teflon packing. Any help would be much appreciated.

Greetings, I have to replace the packing gland stuffing material on the 5411 diesel in my 1981 E 28+. I recently read about a newer material manufactured by the Gore company of Gore-Tex fame. Has anyone tried this versus the standard flax material? I also do not know if the stuff has to be...

Hello All: Well, the drips are winning, so it's time to tackle my packing gland this weekend. In reviewing the manual, 1/8th" flax is called for - is this the correct width or should it be 3/16th" per another thread reference (for a 1" shaft)? Any iput or suggestions will, as always, be...

I was intrigued by the ad that GFO has on their web site www.stuffingboxpacking.com where they claim no leakage after the initial adjustment. I have been thinking about installing a dripless packing but the idea of a much cheaper solution sounds good. Does anyone have any experience with this...

Our boat is a 1989 E-34 with a one inch prop shaft. What is the size of 'thin' special wrench I need to get to work on the packing gland to loosen the retaining nut and adjust the gland to reduce drip?? I have several big pipe wrenches, but don't want to use them on the nut. I'm 250 miles...

I’m doing a refit on my 79 Ericson 30. Thruhulls, shaft, packing box, engine rebuild, headliner & cabin siding, cushions, perhaps some portlights. I must be nuts doing it all at once. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> Old shaft was...

I have been trying since this weekend to loose the packing gland locknut, so I can tighten the packing gland and stop the drip from the shaft. Both the locknut and the gland nut are covered in green corrosion, as are the exposed threads. If it's ever been adjusted, it has been a very long time...

The gland nut on my 1984 30+ is beginning to drip very fast when the shaft is not turning so I plan to try and re-pack it this weekend. The location is very difficult to get at as is normal I suppose. I hope to buy the packing flax before going to the boat this weekend. Does anyone know the...

I'm doing a little research on a failure that I came across. Not an Ericson but hopefully worthy of discussion by this educated forum (a little suck up never hurts :Kissy:). Has anyone on this board ever experienced a catastrophic failure of their "traditional" stuffing box (wax impregnated...

Does anyone have experience replacing the rudder packing on an Ericson 34? Did you use 1/4” or 5/16” packing? Can you give any tips on the correct way to replace the packing, step by step? We’ve dropped the rudder 6 inches to add a Teflon shim around the shaft, and we figured we’d add new...

As I mentioned in a different thread, I rebuilt an Atomic 4 (which I found fairly inexpensive, and it had freshwater cooling) and replaced the A4 that came in the boat. I should have taken more pictures along the way, but greasy hands dissuaded me from picking up the camera too often. When...

Well, today I was able to replace the packing in the E38 rudder. Initially I tried 3/8" but that was too large and the manual called for 1/4" and that was definitely too small. This is beginning to sound like a children's story..... :) Ended up using 5/16" teflon/flax packing. The E38 has a...

Hello All, My rudder on the E38 is dropped and I am replacing the packing since I am in there. What came out looked like 3/8"s, three turns of it. I bought 3/8"s and its just too big. The manual calls for 1/4" but that will definitely be too small. Looks like 5/16"s is the correct product...

I'm re-fitting my e27 with a new shaft, has any one had any experance pro or con on dripless packing glands, are the dripless as good as advertized, Thanks for any imput.

Its time to renew the packing. My 74 E-27 has a A-4. It has the standard bronze nut and gland w/ lock nut. I've done this many times on other equipment. The kicker is the distance to the back of the tranny on the A4 is min. There does not appear to be a coupling. There is a piece of black...

I appear to have a fair amount of water seeping in from the rudder stuffing box. I've attempted to tighten the bolts, to no avail. I can back them out which means they aren't frozen. I reviewed the 1987 32-3 manual and it gives no info regarding what to use or how to go about doing it. Any...

I hate to beat a dead horse on this topic but I have searched and cannot find any info on the correct packing material size. I need to repack the shaft this spring. The PO left some packing material but it is 2 different sizes. I have read the dangers of using the wrong size material - too much...

Stuffing Box / Packing Nut Tools. I have always struggled to tighten and repack my shaft packing using a pipe wrench and a pair of channel locks until a old Sea Dog showed me this old Plumbers tool. It works like a crescent wrench and has a wing nut you tighten to the size of your packing...

I am having a long standing problem with a leaky rudder packing. The way it is designed, the groove for the waxed linen is in the upper removable disk, flange, thingy, and the lower one (that is glassed into the rudder tube is flat on top). No matter how tightly I try to pack it with packing it...

Has anyone used Gore-Tex GFO "Tephite" Graphite/ePTFE composite packing for Stuffing boxes?

Hi There, It seems my packing has met the end of its usefullness as no matter how much I mess around with the adjustment it still leaks a few drips per minute while sitting at the dock. If under power it drips quite a bit more. It seems that there is no way to change the packing easily as...

I have a 1987 E26 with a universal M12. I would like to replace the packing gland material for the prop shaft. I was able to loosen the packing gland nut however I can only slide it back about an inch before it hits the flange that connects the prop shaft to the transmission. This leaves me less...

This was a private message sent to me that I did not have the answer to. Please help. Jeff, I am about to haul my E27 ( #213 Holomoku in Honolulu)and hope to fix the chronic leak at my packing gland. I have lived with the leaking for a while but am taking this opportunity to fix the...

I have been following threads on this subject for a while, as the packing/connection at the top of my E-32-2 (1971) was leaking last season, and I want to stop the leak! The snow has finally cleared, and so I started to tackle the problem. Regarding the steering system and attachments to the...

I have a 1970 Ericson 30 that I just bought. It has been modified with a Universal Diesel engine with a 25 gallon fuel tank just behind. It is almost impossible to get to the packing gland through the port side locker. Is it feasible to cut a hole behind the port side quarter berth to get to...

Does anyone else with an E-27 use any other size packing for their stuffing other than 1/8". I need to narrow it down because I need to replace the packing with the boat in the water. My boat has the 3/4" shaft so I am assuming it is 1/8" unless somebody knows that it might vary from one...