[C320-list] Stuffing Box Wrench

[Brad Kuether]

Channel locks will chew up your brass.  They "work" but.......

2nd on the pipe wrench.  From someone with "chewed up" brass....  :)

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River, MD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack McDonough" <mcdonough5 at verizon.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Wrench


> How about using channel locks? They work, too.
>
> jack
> #947
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> ----- 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
>
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>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
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