Ok, tomorrow I re-pack the rudder packing gland and would like to do it right.
This gland, which may be Yacht Specialties, has four bolts--not three, like the similar Edson model.
In this design, both flanges are meant to be installed hard together. There is no adjustment to regulate packing pressure .
So--does one just pack three courses of flax into the top half, bolt the flanges flush together, and pat oneself on the back?
So--when reinstalled, this gland will contain three courses of flax not compressed in any visible way?
Working on this packing gland required loosening and raising the radial disk. The lower part of the gland visible here has already been rebedded and reglassed into the rudder tube.
However, I really don;t know how this gland is designed to work.
In fact, the design and function of this particular gland has so far confused every single Ericson owner who encountered it.
This gland, which may be Yacht Specialties, has four bolts--not three, like the similar Edson model.
In this design, both flanges are meant to be installed hard together. There is no adjustment to regulate packing pressure .
So--does one just pack three courses of flax into the top half, bolt the flanges flush together, and pat oneself on the back?
So--when reinstalled, this gland will contain three courses of flax not compressed in any visible way?
Working on this packing gland required loosening and raising the radial disk. The lower part of the gland visible here has already been rebedded and reglassed into the rudder tube.
However, I really don;t know how this gland is designed to work.
In fact, the design and function of this particular gland has so far confused every single Ericson owner who encountered it.
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