[Alberg30] Stuffing Box - teflon lubricated stuffing?

[George Dinwiddie]

see http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/MechanicalPropulsion/StuffingBox/

I installed this stuff this winter.

  - George

Kevin Blanc wrote:
> 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.

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