New packing, still leaking???

Guys,
I just put in all new packing material around the prop shaft this past weekend. Cut perfect, staggered splices, supposedly the "state of the art Gortex stuff from Ski Dim", and starting out after only hand tightening, water poured in there.. Then kept tightening, and tightening, and tightening... Damn thing still leaks a drop every second..
I'm obviously doing something wrong??? 3/16" rope that Ski Dim recommended.... Any thoughts?? I mean dows this stuff take a "set" after time?? From what I have read from some guys, this stuff should work immediately with little pressure on the packing nut???

Thanks
Moj'

Can you tighten the packing anymore.Your real close to what you need.Your suppose to have a drip about once every 7 to 10 seconds.Could be that you just need more packing or something didn't seat right.I remember when I did my packing that I cut a piece long enogh to go around the shaft to where it just overlaped each of the ends an tighten it down.I get the one drip every 7 to 10 seconds now so you may just to go back and redo it again.

Dave, I'm wondering when did CC switch to the 3/16 instead of the 1/4? You know I'm up on all the older CC's and have always used the 1/4" If you take the cap off the stuffing box then the space between it's I.D. and the shaft will determine which Dia. of packing to use. Can you fit another piece in?

8122pbrainard wrote: Dave, I'm wondering when did CC switch to the 3/16 instead of the 1/4? You know I'm up on all the older CC's and have always used the 1/4" If you take the cap off the stuffing box then the space between it's I.D. and the shaft will determine which Dia. of packing to use.

According to all Ive read (including SkiDIM's website), CC's generally require the 3/16" packing. Thats what my '90 took.

Interestingly, my dad's '03 196 takes 1/4" (this was news to SkiDIM when we told them). We installed the 3/16" first and it was clearly not right- when we lowered the boat into the water, the packing didnt drip- it was a steady stream. Based on that, Id say if you had the wrong size in there, you couldnt even get it to slow to a dripping pace.

quinner wrote: Moj, Sounds like you really Fudged that packing up!

Bwahahaha, na I leave that up to our friends from the Nort' haha..

Moj

Darrel wrote: I used the 3/16 in my 95, staggered 3 layers in the nut and hand tightened. It worked perfect immediatly. Did you wrap the shaft or lay it into the nut? Maybe try the other way.. ^^^More ammo for Hollywood...

Darrel, I put each piece in the nut, then threaded it on... Poured like rain like from the holes of Hollywood's Caddy roof in a thunderstorm !!!!

Moj'

Dave,

I always used the old shi* not the new sh*t...I once bought some of the new s*it but had some of the old *hit laying around too.And because I could'nt find my glasses I don't know which shi* I used! However, I stuck the sh*t in there and it works well. Sorry I can't be of more help , but I can't see s*it with out my glasses