[C320-list] GFO Packing

[Pat Ireland]

Ours is an 01 and my memory says it uses 1-7/8in.  That may not be correct
for the older model.  Suggestion - purchase a set of pump wrenches from
Harbor Freight.  Cost was about $50.  Each size has a standard open end
wrench on one end and the other end has similar, but with the opening to
the side so you can address the flats of a nut however they are oriented.
Take the correct size and cut the wrench in half.  You now have two very
strong packing nut wrenches.

The other wrenches you can use on your next boat or donate them to
Goodwill.  Pat

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 11:49 AM, jason reynolds <jereyns at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
>