[C320-list] Video of Gore GFO Packing Gland Adjustment for almost drip free operation

[RONALD HODEL]

Earlier today I see I attached this to the wrong email

Nice video on the packing gland.
2 thoughts
1 - under ‘stuff for sale’ on the 320 website - there are stuffing box wrenches which I bought that work perfectly and they are sized for the stuffing box. So no more heavy wrenches and no more slipping adjustments on the channel locks or crescent wrenches. You could use a cheater bar on either if you didn’t properly lube the lock nut threads before hand.

2 - spraying water (I have almost none and my stuffing box is cool to the touch under power) but spraying water can be contained by taking a big plastic soda bottle, split it length wise, and place it over the stuffing box, covering a couple inches toward the engine from where the shaft comes out. The bottle will keep the spray from getting all over the aqualift muffler. 

And you can easily change flax while the boats in the water. I just back the nut and lock nut off, and quickly ‘seal’ off the gushing influx of seawater with a rag and zip tie it tightly. That pretty much stops the influx of water (it still comes in so you shouldn’t go to lunch half way through the process) and gives you plenty of time to extract the old flax and replace it with new.

Ron Hodel
Lokomaikai #1070

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> On Oct 28, 2020, at 3:16 PM, SCHWARTZ <schwartz781 at optimum.net> wrote:
> 
> Ahoy....thanks for the video.....a proto 1 7/8 slim and short wrench makes adjusting both nuts much easier...well worth the price. Joe
> 
>> On October 28, 2020 at 5:20 PM Dave Hupe <hoopdtwo at yahoo.com mailto:hoopdtwo at yahoo.com > wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>    I also use the Gore GFO packing.  I first installed it in 2017 when we first bought our new (to us) boat.  You don't want to tighten it too much at first, just gradually tighten it over time until it drips only very little when running and not at all when sitting idle.  I place a sponge under the shaft an squeeze it out after running. I decided to change the packing again after 3 seasons of use, not because there was a problem .... Just for good maintenance. It cost maybe $20. I would suggest not waiting too long to change it.  At the same time examine the condition of your shaft and clean it well.
>>    I usually slightly tighten the packing as your video shows a few times each season ... A very slight turn ... Probably not even 1/8 turn. My nut us never frozen since I adjust it before it gets corroded (although in fresh water this really doesn't happen).
>>    Dave Hupe
>>    1994 C320 (#32)___________________________
>>    On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 01:32:27 PM EDT, danny jensen <danny at jensenshouse.com mailto:danny at jensenshouse.com > wrote:
>> 
>>    I just videoed the process of adjusting my Gore Packing that started
>>    dripping while in the slip. I recorded this more for myself so I could
>>    remember what I did.  My main source of info is Jeff Hare. However, I may
>>    not be doing things correctly. The goal is to not get the backing nut too
>>    hot and not to have unreasonable tension on the prop shaft while being
>>    almost tripless at 3000 rpm. The video and sound is a compromise.
>> 
>>    Here is the video:
>> 
>>    https://youtu.be/vCdlbqAn16A
>>