While on the hard I decided to replace the stuffing box hose and found that I needed to replace the cutless bearing which led to replacing the strut. Then I found that the manufacturer of the original strut went out of business. I was not able to find a replacement for the strut so proceeded to repair the strut as best as possible. Since it required alignment with the shaft log I decided to inspect the shaft log which had sings of corrosion. After removing the shaft log and looking for a replacement I was not able to find the original manufacture for that one either. I find that the shaft log has an ID of 1 1/4 inch not giving much clearance for the 1 inch shaft, and the OD for the hose barb is 1 5/8inch. Buck Algonquin carries stuffing box assemblies as well as hose replacements, but its either 1 3/4 or 2 inch ID hose. The old hose had an ID of 1 3/4 inch, but the new hose from Buck Algonquin I ordered does not fit tight enough to provide a reliable seal. After calling Buck Algonquin, they advised that the 1 3/4 hose should not be used on the 1 5/8 inch barb.
So the question remains, what kind of hose should be used for this application? Marine wet exhaust hose comes to mind, but nowhere in the literature for this kind of hose is there any mention of using it for the stuffing box. Trident Marine and Shields both make a soft wall wet exhaust hose that has an ID of 1 5/8 inch, and has the appearance as the best candidate for the application. Still, I wonder if there is an alternate I am missing.
I considered replacing the shaft log and the packing gland assembly with one that is provided by Buck Algonquin, but low and behold it will not fit in the allotted space on the Hunter 36 without major modifications. So am somewhat stuck with the original design.
Any thoughts on this would be helpful
So the question remains, what kind of hose should be used for this application? Marine wet exhaust hose comes to mind, but nowhere in the literature for this kind of hose is there any mention of using it for the stuffing box. Trident Marine and Shields both make a soft wall wet exhaust hose that has an ID of 1 5/8 inch, and has the appearance as the best candidate for the application. Still, I wonder if there is an alternate I am missing.
I considered replacing the shaft log and the packing gland assembly with one that is provided by Buck Algonquin, but low and behold it will not fit in the allotted space on the Hunter 36 without major modifications. So am somewhat stuck with the original design.
Any thoughts on this would be helpful
