T&T: Advise on Packing

[Torrens, Kevin]

Jim,
I only had the one experience on the sailboat but your approach seems
consistent with what I did. One thing I did was to roll out the hard
green stuff into a rope of a similar diameter to the conventional
packing. This was difficult due to the hardness and crumbly nature of
the material. Warming it seemed to help. I then put in 2 or 3 of the
green ropes like conventional packing and slobbered (technical term) on
the green goo. Lastly one round of the conventional.
I think the directions tell how much to use given a shaft diameter.
Sounds like there might not be enough in there. You could probably add
to it by removing the outer ring and adding more green then installing
another outer ring. The potential value is of course your call.
Kevin
MY NIVEK
DeFever 41

<After each run of the boat, the stuffing boxes leak
(sometimes a drip every 6-10 seconds and sometimes a
steady stream)....so I re-tighten until the dripping
stops...

At this point, I am not too impressed with the
product....

Any idea what I might have done wrong?  I thought I
had the stuffing boxes pretty full of
packing/dripless, moldable when I used one container
for two boxes....>




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