[Public-List] Rudder Stuffing Box

[gdinwiddie at alberg30.org]

John,

The rudder post stuffing box is packed the same way as the prop shaft 
stuffing box, though it's a different size.
https://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/RudderPost/

Getting to it can be tricky, but I go in from the port locker.
https://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/AccessToStuffingBox/

  - George

On 6/20/24 4:21 PM, John Irving via Public-List wrote:
> Does anyone have suggestion on how to tighten the rudder stuffing box on a 1979 A30 liner boat?  On wooden boats we didn’t want to haul we’d dive down with handfuls of sawdust for leaks that would get sucked in and swell up and stop the leak.   I’m not sure about a stuffing box though.
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