1977Silverton
New member
So here is the situation: I have twin 318's in my boat paired up with Paragon v-Drives. I had the boat out of the water last week for tranny work and had both stuffing boxes re-packed while it was out.
Took the boat out last weekend and when comng back to the dock, I heard a "thump." What happened was one of the blower hoses (looks like a dryer vent) got bound up in the starboard shaft (I can blame the marina for not directing this properly but ultimately, I should have checked).
I cleaned everything out from around the shaft and all looks fine. It did back out the packing nut and my question is - am I safe readjusting the and tightening the packing nuts or could it have pulled out the new stuffing material as well?
It is leaking more than it should (by no means a gusher) but I attribute this to the nut being loose.
Any advice is appreciated.
Took the boat out last weekend and when comng back to the dock, I heard a "thump." What happened was one of the blower hoses (looks like a dryer vent) got bound up in the starboard shaft (I can blame the marina for not directing this properly but ultimately, I should have checked).
I cleaned everything out from around the shaft and all looks fine. It did back out the packing nut and my question is - am I safe readjusting the and tightening the packing nuts or could it have pulled out the new stuffing material as well?
It is leaking more than it should (by no means a gusher) but I attribute this to the nut being loose.
Any advice is appreciated.