thats what the problem was for sure...i used a cordless right angle drill and loosed up the old packing with that...worked like a charm...had no idea the packing would be that hard to remove, broke the dentist pick trying to pull it out...boat is in the water and i just wrapped a rag around the stuffing box to keep the flow down...bilge pump only came on once...easy peasy
On Apr 13, 2:01 pm, john <[email protected]> wrote: > mine were packed since 1972. I used a packing remover tool. Worked > great. It is flexable with a screw like pick at the end to bite into > the old packing. Best tool I ever bought, john. > > On Apr 13, 12:18 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > Worst case scenario is having to drop the rudders to be able to get the > > shafts out far enough to get a pick in to remove all of the old packing. > > While the rudders were out we repacked them also. We had to make a couple > > of small trenches under the rudders to get them all of the way out. We > > figured all of the packings had never been changed since installed in 1977 > > when new. > > Have Fun > > Jim > > -------------- Original message from HBH <[email protected]>: > > -------------- > > > > after thinking about it all weekend i am wondering if the old packing > > > is so hard that it felt like i was scraping the inside of the brass > > > nut when i was really scraping the face of the old packing??? it felt > > > like metal....does this seem correct? if so removing the old packing > > > is going to be fun!- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
