Any recommendations for a vendor to buy Gore-Tex packing fiber from?
Thanks!
Jon
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Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
Jonathan Brein
1982 43' DCFB #550
"Paragon"
Chesapeake, Virginia
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Re: Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
Hi Jon,
Start here:
For Genuine Gortex:
https://www.emarineinc.com/GFO-Packi...in-4-mm-2-foot
If you would consider Teflon then:
https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-packing-seals/=17ak2
Tim
Know Pressure
1979 53 MY
Hampton, Virginia
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Re: Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
Thanks Tim!
I just found that site for GFO as well.
Pricey stuff...about $19/foot. I am not complaining though.
JonJonathan Brein
1982 43' DCFB #550
"Paragon"
Chesapeake, Virginia
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04-23-2017 08:56 PM #4Registered Member
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Re: Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
Try Hamilton Marine....available by the inch
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04-23-2017 09:26 PM #5
Re: Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
Fisheries Supply dot com. Part number 207884. Duramax Ultra-X . 1/2 x 5'
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04-24-2017 01:45 PM #6Senior Member
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Re: Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
FWIW, the supervisor of the Machine Shop in the shipyard I recently retired from advised me to NOT use Teflon packing around the propeller shaft in my Hatt. I did not listen and over time enough of the Teflon melted to make the packing material stiff and it became increasingly more difficult to adjust the drip rate. These machinists use teflon packing ONLY in pumps and use other types (e.g. graphite) for shafts that spin at faster rates.
Southern Comfort
Portsmouth, VA
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04-24-2017 04:31 PM #7Senior Member
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Re: Where to purchase GFO - Gore Tex stuffing box packing?
Just to follow up on my previous note, my shipyard buddy thinks the Teflon material would be good for rudder packing, just not the propeller shaft.
SOCO