[C320-list] Stuffing Box Wrench

[Jack McDonough]

How about using channel locks? They work, too.

jack
#947


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Burti" <clburti at gmail.com>
To: "Karl Mielenhausen _/)" <C320 at suddenlink.net>; 
<C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Wrench


> And they're aluminum, so they don't mess with your fluxgate or rust.
>
> Thanks
> Chris Burti From: Karl Mielenhausen _/)
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 9:09 AM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Wrench
> 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:
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>> Long time listener; first time caller.   Well, not really, this is my
>> third posting since joining the group a couple months ago.
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Bob Baird
>> Star Dust - 2001, Hull #784
>> Whitehall, Michigan
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