Stuffing Box - size of packing for 10m 1.25 in shaft

Teejae · Post by **Teejae** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:33 am

Hi folks,

I need to repack my stuffing boxes and was wondering if anyone knew what size packing I need. The shaft is 1.25 in. I saw another post that I believe said 5/8 in. This is for a 10m mid-cabin.

Thanks,

Teejae

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:27 am

BobCT · Post by **BobCT** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:34 am

yep, 1/4" and highly recommend the gore-tex packing, it's virtually drip free and shaft temps are right around the water temp.

Bob

Mike Kulp · Post by **Mike Kulp** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:26 pm

1/4 Gore tex is what I used to use before I switched over to dripless seals.

RWS · Post by **RWS** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:48 pm

Mike Kulp wrote:1/4 Gore tex is what I used to use before I switched over to dripless seals.

+1

RWS

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:31 pm

Installed a LasDrop drip-less seal 10 years ago and haven't had to touch it since.

Teejae · Post by **Teejae** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:07 am

Great - thanks all.

Teejae · Post by **Teejae** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:55 am

Well - all done. I did it while in the water, which was a but nervous making at first, but then I wrapped teflon tape around the shaft a few times and completely stopped the flow of water. It definitely beat wrapping a cloth around.

Thanks for all the advice. Dripless are probably in my future at some point, but I'm happy to have bought a while until then.