This photo shows the female nut sliding over the "flax seating tool" and seating the flax. The tool works very well and unfortunately no one actually makes one?? Hey I bet West Marine could sell one for $50.00......Hmmmmm...
Thanks for the great photo's and wisedom, PB blaster, is good,"as advertised on tv ".
The 45 degree cut you recomend was in an articale I saw, again good.
Can the packing be inserted into the nut,then slide on to the shaft, assuming space allows,and the shaft has a slight chamfer,and no burrs ? This versus wraping it on the shaft and tucking it in with pvc pipe tool. Do you know of a torque spec. for ss hose clamps ? I plan to call AWAB, in FL tomorrow for that, will post any findings I get.
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03-Feb-2008 15:48
No kidding...I once bought West Marine Plex 16 guage bildge pump wire for $2.00 a foot. It quickly corroded away. I replaced it with with 16 guage double insulated commercial wire at Home Depot for 16 cents a foot! That wire had much better copper in it.I heat shrunk all the connections & it works great