I'm wondering if not having any water drops out of the freshly (one season) packed shaft nut is a problem, In fact it ran cool all season, no resistence either. Should I loosen it up and deal with water dripping? Any thoughts?
When the shaft is turning, you should get a few drips a minute with the standard packing. The dripping should stop with the shaft at rest. Loosen/tighten the packing nut until you reach this balance. Wehave dripless packing in our gland. A teflon based paste and compatible packing mean that the packing is dripless running or not. David Lady Lillie
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