I am not a marine engineer but I have done some work in a full service machine shop. although most shafts start off as a certain diameter, they have sometimes been reconditioned and then there original size can be questionable. And yes the do have ways to put material ( hard chrome plating) back on a shaft and then turn it to reach a desired diameter.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Packing Size Question Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:27:04 +0000 For a person that seems to know so much about everything how is it that you can remove both shafts without knowing what diameter they are?? What do you mean about reconditioning the shafts? How do you do that? Are there grooves worn into the shafts? Are they going to be welded or metal sprayed back to original size and then ground. Are they straight to begin with? What is the base material to work with? Might want to look into dripless shaft seals? Lots of questions to be asked don't you think. Jim -------------- Original message from flitebuilder <[email protected]>: -------------- > > I am still working on my 1973 36' SS. I have taken the prop shafts > out of the boat for reconditioning. Does anybody know off hand what > size packing I need for the stuffing boxes. I am not in a position to > be able to measure it right now. Any suggestions on what type to use > would also be welcome. I am leaning toward something like GRAPHTEX > ULTRA - GTU from Western Pacific Trading. > > Thanks, > > Victor > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ SkyDrive: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_032009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
