[C320-list] Stuffing Box Wrench

[Karl Mielenhausen _/)]

Can't help with the exact size. I went the adjustable wrench route. Plumb  
Pack PP24006. $8 at Lowes. For that money, I could afford two!!

On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:29:26 -0400, <bairdrjb at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> Long time listener; first time caller.   Well, not really, this is my  
> third posting since joining the group a couple months ago.
>
>
> What is the proper size wrench for adjusting the stuffing box?   A  
> previous thread made reference to a fixed wrench, 1 7/8".  Is that  
> correct?
>
>
>
> I just finished my first attempt at adjusting the stuffing box, and was  
> successful using a pipe wrench on the locking nut and a spanner wrench  
> on the big nut.  The pipe wrench, however, scored the surface of the  
> locking nut, so I have got to imagine there is a better tool.
>
>
> Before I pop the thirty bucks for the wrench, I thought I would check in  
> with the group.  Is the 1 7/8" wrench the correct size?
>
>
>
>
> Bob Baird
> Star Dust - 2001, Hull #784
> Whitehall, Michigan
>
>
>
>