Shaft Packing

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Lake effect
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Shaft Packing

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I have a 10.8 meter International and I cant find anything about the size shaft packing I should use for the prop shafts. We put in 5/16 but it does not drip. Does anybody know the size needed or where I can find the info?
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Re: Shaft Packing

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What is your shaft size ? I posted a chart on packing size .
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Re: Shaft Packing

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1" uses 1/4" packing
1 1/8" shaft uses 3/16" packing
1 1/4" shaft uses 1/4" packing
1 3/8" shaft uses 5/16" packing
1 1/2" shaft uses 1/4" packing
1 3/4" shaft uses 1/2" packing
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Re: Shaft Packing

Post by fourreins »

I have a 1989 10.8 Sedan Bridge and I used 5/16 GFO Packing. Has been great!
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