[Alberg30] Stuffing Box - teflon lubricated stuffing?

Kevin Blanc t.k.blanc at att.net
Sat May 3 05:59:21 PDT 2003


Mike, didn't I once hear you write about a special stuffing material 
that didn't reqiure water flow? Can you tell me about it again?

Mike Lehman wrote:

>If it is a water lubricated bearing, it should drip. If it has dripless
>packing (Special Teflon lubricated bearing) then it should not. Check for
>heat. I was on a power boat (please forgive me) and the stuffing box was so
>hot you could fry an egg on the it - by the way, we made it to the dock but
>we radioed ahead so the travelift was waiting before we sank. The boat was a
>Trojan 32; a demo model at the Annapolis boat show; heavily discounted; but
>my friend decided against the purchase.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alfredo" <alberg30sail497 at yahoo.com>
>To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Stuffing Box
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>
>>Mine never drips.
>>
>>
>>--- Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>When the shaft is not turning, the stuffing box should not drip. When
>>>the
>>>shaft is turning, it should drip at a regular interval which I think
>>>is
>>>about one drip every 5-10 seconds. Maybe some else has the time
>>>interval.
>>>You can also touch it to make sure it's not too hot. It will be warm,
>>>but
>>>shouldn't be too hot to hold. Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Mike Lehman
>>>"Gilleleje" #505
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----Original Message Follows----
>>>From: "Bill Ydel" <Bydel at bellsouth.net>
>>>Reply-To: Alberg 30 public list <public-list at alberg30.org>
>>>To: "Tim Williams" <tim at goosemonkey.com>,   "Alberg 30 public list"
>>><public-list at alberg30.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Stuffing Box
>>>Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:00:01 -0400
>>>
>>>Could someone please give me the proper procedure for tightening the
>>>Stuffing Box. I ran the engine to get it warm this weekend and found
>>>the
>>>stuffing box was not only dripping, but running in to the bilge. I
>>>got it
>>>stopped but am now concerned that I got it too tight. Should it drip
>>>only
>>>when in gear or all the time and how much?? Should I back off the nut
>>>until
>>>it drips??
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Bill
>>>SallyB #441
>>>
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