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pkoch@dtex.com

Mon, Dec 11, 2000 6:16 PM

Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the boat
is in the water. The shafts do not have nuts, they have a device with two
threaded studs on the ends with nuts on the stud. The nuts on the studs are
used to move the device into the packing.

thanks
Paul Koch
(M/V Serendipity, 40' MT SD)

Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the boat is in the water. The shafts do not have nuts, they have a device with two threaded studs on the ends with nuts on the stud. The nuts on the studs are used to move the device into the packing. thanks Paul Koch (M/V Serendipity, 40' MT SD)

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cculotta@iamerica.net

Tue, Dec 12, 2000 12:42 AM

Paul Koch wrote:

Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the boat
is in the water. The shafts do not have nuts, they have a device with two
threaded studs on the ends with nuts on the stud. The nuts on the studs are
used to move the device into the packing.

Paul,

Your packing set up sounds like mine on a CHB 45.
In the 15 yrs I have had her I have only ADDED packing on a few
occasions. I have never changed all of it.
You may loosen the nuts and slowly pry back the stuffing gland, that
would be the casting with the ears thru which the studs extend and on
which the locking nuts rest.
Measure the space between the shaft and the stuffing box, should be
about 1/4 inch. This is the thickness of the required packing. Purchase
several feet (this will be enough for the time that you own the boat!)
as it only takes a few inches to surround the shaft ONE TIME, push it in
with a screw driver until you can fit the nuts on the studs and tighten.
As an aside my rudder posts have the same set up.
CCC

--
Charles C. Culotta
Patterson, La.
95 Miles West of New Orleans
On ICW

Paul Koch wrote: > > Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the boat > is in the water. The shafts do not have nuts, they have a device with two > threaded studs on the ends with nuts on the stud. The nuts on the studs are > used to move the device into the packing. > > > Paul, Your packing set up sounds like mine on a CHB 45. In the 15 yrs I have had her I have only ADDED packing on a few occasions. I have never changed all of it. You may loosen the nuts and slowly pry back the stuffing gland, that would be the casting with the ears thru which the studs extend and on which the locking nuts rest. Measure the space between the shaft and the stuffing box, should be about 1/4 inch. This is the thickness of the required packing. Purchase several feet (this will be enough for the time that you own the boat!) as it only takes a few inches to surround the shaft ONE TIME, push it in with a screw driver until you can fit the nuts on the studs and tighten. As an aside my rudder posts have the same set up. CCC -- Charles C. Culotta Patterson, La. 95 Miles West of New Orleans On ICW

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rhj@pacific.net.hk

Thu, Dec 14, 2000 3:30 PM

Paul Koch wrote:

Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the

boat

is in the water.

Paul I have the same two nut set up and have done what Charles has suggested
with 100% success.

Rob harrington-Johnson
"Fat Cheoy"
Cheoy Lee 42
Hong Kong

Paul Koch wrote: > > Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the boat > is in the water. Paul I have the same two nut set up and have done what Charles has suggested with 100% success. Rob harrington-Johnson "Fat Cheoy" Cheoy Lee 42 Hong Kong

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lmairs@cox.rr.com

Fri, Dec 15, 2000 3:18 PM

Without trying to open a can of worms, but in 30 years of messing around
boats, I've NEVER changed the packing. I simply add rings when they are
needed. I never cut the rings on an angle, and I never pay attention to
getting the rings so that the breaks are not aligned. I figure the
probability of them being aligned if I tried to do it is about the same
probability as the Bay draining dry one weekend.

Lee Mairs

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there,
no constitution, no law, no court can save it."
--Judge Learned Hand

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Harrington-Johnson" rhj@pacific.net.hk
To: "Charles C Culotta,Jr." cculotta@iamerica.net
Cc: "Trawler World List (E-mail)" trawler-world-list@samurai.com
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: TWL: changing packing

Paul Koch wrote:

Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the

boat

is in the water.

Paul I have the same two nut set up and have done what Charles has

suggested

with 100% success.

Rob harrington-Johnson
"Fat Cheoy"
Cheoy Lee 42
Hong Kong

Without trying to open a can of worms, but in 30 years of messing around boats, I've NEVER changed the packing. I simply add rings when they are needed. I never cut the rings on an angle, and I never pay attention to getting the rings so that the breaks are not aligned. I figure the probability of them being aligned if I tried to do it is about the same probability as the Bay draining dry one weekend. --- Lee Mairs --- "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it." --Judge Learned Hand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Harrington-Johnson" <rhj@pacific.net.hk> To: "Charles C Culotta,Jr." <cculotta@iamerica.net> Cc: "Trawler World List (E-mail)" <trawler-world-list@samurai.com> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:30 AM Subject: Re: TWL: changing packing > Paul Koch wrote: > > > > Please go through the process of changing the shaft packings while the > boat > > is in the water. > > Paul I have the same two nut set up and have done what Charles has suggested > with 100% success. > > Rob harrington-Johnson > "Fat Cheoy" > Cheoy Lee 42 > Hong Kong > > >

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scaramouche@tvo.org

Fri, Dec 15, 2000 3:38 PM

lmairs@cox.rr.com writes:

in 30 years of messing around
boats, I've NEVER changed the packing. I simply add rings when they
are
needed. I never cut the rings on an angle, and I never pay
attention to
getting the rings so that the breaks are not aligned

A man after my heart! Sometimes we try to be too scientifically
accurate and fastidious. I spent much of my younger years on a farm
and learned early the beauty and usefulness of a piece of
haywire.... <Grin>

George of Scaramouche, bubbling in Lake Ontario, Canada

P.s: I have upgraded to using Monel wire because haywire rusts too
easily ;-)

lmairs@cox.rr.com writes: >in 30 years of messing around >boats, I've NEVER changed the packing. I simply add rings when they >are >needed. I never cut the rings on an angle, and I never pay >attention to >getting the rings so that the breaks are not aligned A man after my heart! Sometimes we try to be too scientifically accurate and fastidious. I spent much of my younger years on a farm and learned early the beauty and usefulness of a piece of haywire.... <Grin> George of Scaramouche, bubbling in Lake Ontario, Canada P.s: I have upgraded to using Monel wire because haywire rusts too easily ;-)

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