[C320-list] Stuffing Box Nut

[Jeff Hare]

Warren,  

You wont lose the alignment if you use a sharpie and mark across the edges of the coupling plates so you put them back how you found them.  I even put the bolts back in their original spots.  Rotate the plates during reassembly and you'll affect the alignment.

Granted it takes an extra 20 min or so to do this, but cleaning out the old and repacking is now easier and quick. So maybe the total time isn't too much longer but the whole system is clean and new.  Good for sevral years.

Jeff   

Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

>How do you pull the whole stuffing box?  Doesn't that require removing
>the
>connection plate from the shaft?  That's something I wouldn't think of
>doing
>unless forced.  I'd be afraid I'd lose the alignment.  What am I
>missing?
>Warren
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Hare [mailto:catalina at thehares.com] 
>Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 6:21 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Nut
>
>Warren,
>
>That's called being lazy.  :)
>
>I actually pull the whole stuffing box, clean it up repack it and
>reinstall
>it.  That's called being (well, I won't say what my wife calls this
>behavior).
>
>-Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Warren
>Updike
>Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:26 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Nut
>
>For what it's worth, I took an owners in diesel maintenance and the old
>Dr.
>Diesel who taught it told me he never removes the old packing on adds a
>new
>ring or two.  He said the old packing wears away making room for a new
>ring.
>I can't say whether this is sage advice or old wives tale.
>
>Warren & Pattie Updike
>1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason Alexander [mailto:alexander.jason at gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:11 AM
>To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Nut
>
>I tried a number of things yesterday and finally gave up.   I didn't
>want
>to make the issue worse or damage the treads in some way.   The nut
>came
>over very easily once I broke it free.  So it doesn't seem like the
>threads
>are damage.   I'm going to call the yard and have them look at in on
>Monday.   At this point I'm so frustrated with it that it would be
>worth an
>hour of yard time.
>
>
>
>On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 9:24 PM, GREG SUTTON <sutt47 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> I had a similar problem.  I ended up pulling back the shaft so I
>could 
>> slide the nut off for a greater inspection.  It ended up that at
>least 
>> one ring of the old packing was still in the nut and was so hard it 
>> looked like part of the nut it's self.  After a little prying it came
>
>> out and the nut fit with the new packing.
>>
>> > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:30:26 -0700
>> > From: bruceheyman at cox.net
>> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Stuffing Box Nut
>> >
>> > Sorry, miss understood the problem.  If you can't get it to engage 
>> > with
>> only two rings it sounds like something is wrong, I.e., the rings are
>
>> overlapping or two large a diameter?
>> > How much do you have in there?
>> > Bruce Heyman
>> > (949) 289-8400
>> >
>> > Jason Alexander <alexander.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >I have the nut off.   I can't get it to re-engage.   I've tried
>taking
>> out one of the three rings and that doesn't seem to help
>> > >
>> > >---
>> > >Sent from my handheld.
>> > >
>> > >On Mar 23, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Bruce Heyman <bruceheyman at cox.net>
>wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Try tightening it first.  Once it budges you are home free.
>> > >>
>> > >> Bruce Heyman
>> > >> (949) 289-8400
>> > >>
>> > >> Jason Alexander <alexander.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> So I'm on my boat on the hard and I can't get the stuffing box 
>> > >>> nut
>> to engage.  I loosened the hose clamps on the box to give it more but
>>  still can't get it.   Any suggestions.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Jason
>>
>>