[C320-list] GFO Packing
jason reynolds
jereyns at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 1 11:49:04 PDT 2017
I want to buy a stuffing box wrench for my 1994 Catalina 320. Can someone tell me what size to buy? There are 2 on Catalina web site?
Jason
Affinity #68
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> On Apr 1, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
>
> I re-packed my stuffing box about a year ago with only two strands. Just today I added a third strand. I was only able to get 2 and a half turns on the threads.
>
> Should I be concerned as well?
>
> Ted Harrison
>
>> On Apr 1, 2017, at 1:59 PM, John Jacobs <johjacob1 at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just cleaned out the old Flax Packing from the stuffing box. There were a total of 4 complete ringlets of packing inside. I had purchased GFO packing, 1/4” as per owners manual. I cut 4 strands to size and installed them with the appropriate degree of rotation for each one so that the seams would not overlap. All of this was a piece of cake.
>> My concern however is that I was only able to turn the stuffing box nut five turns onto the threaded portion of the Locking nut shaft.
>> Anyone have the same experience? Not sure if this is right? Is this too much packing? Should I take a ring out?
>>
>> John Jacobs
>> “Surprise” 1999
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