stuffing box replacement on a 1985 IP27

I have asked the factory to answer this 30 seconds after it was posted. I have asked again today for an answer. No reply.

Yes, maybe you can call the IPY factory and ask them directly for support. I am trying to find out but do not have an answer yet.

Hayden on anchor in Abaco

Info from the IPY Factory:

Hi Hayden,

1) Stuffing box (packing gland) comes from Buck-Algonquin: 410-643-7145
2) The hose is an extra thick piece of black rubber hose. Should be able to get from BA above.
3) Shaft diameter is 1”
4) Cutless bearing is a standard bearing for a 1” shaft.
5) Shaft length, info would need to come from Kevin at General Propeller: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Hope this helps,
Karsten

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Karsten Johnson
Customer Service
Island Packet Yachts
800-828-5678

We all have learned that THE BEST WAY to loosen or tighten the packing nut is to use ...
#1. PB Blaster first to lube it
#2. Use a 30" crowbar and hammer and tap on the flats cutting a notch that the crowbar will bight onto.

The threads are normal threads.

No tool is better. This works the best.

Hayden....in the Bahamas

Michael:

If you loosen the stuffing box nuts every season, then backing the locking nut off does not take much force at all. If it has not been taken apart for years, then it does take a lot more force. I have taken this all apart while in the water, and I repacked the stuffing box while in the water. The amount of water that runs in is about the amount that would flow through a drinking straw. No worries.

The key to the stuffing box is to develop a method that you are comfortable with, take it apart and put it back together again making sure you know how to deal with this key part of your boat. Who knows, you may be 100 miles offshore or in in a remote location and that is NOT the time to learn about HOW to take this apart of how to tighten or repack the stuffing box.

For me, I have tried every method, wrenches, strap wrenches, vice grips, pliers, chain wrenches, you name it....and nothing works, for me, as well as the 30" crow bar and a hammer.

So, I recommend that we all learn how to take the packing locking nut off and back off the packing glade nut and put it all back together again. Just find a way that works for you and learn how to do this.

Hayden....anchored in the Bahamas