Rudder Stuffing Box

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

I thought I would update you guys. I finally got the jam nut and stuffing box nut loose. I used PB blaster and a pipe wrench. I appreciate all of your help.

Show us pics of your work and final completion

 

[diver dave]

What do you use to get the "green' off the metal housing? I want to clean my thru hulls, rudder and shaft housings.

for bronze, tomato sauce. Really.

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

Show us pics of your work and final completion

I sure will. I’ve decided to drop the rudder and post to inspect. It will be a few weeks.

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

Rudder dropped. Making everything bright again. I’ll finish this weekend.

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

Nice

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

Cleaned up the fittings.

 

[kchace]

Looking good! I'll be doing mine this year as well.

Ken

 

[Comodave]

I read an article a long time ago about using clear Awlgrip to coat bronze so that it would not turn green. Anyone see any issues with doing that?

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

How about just using clear coat spray paint?

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

Cleaned up, but I’ll be painting this with gray bilge paint while I have the access.

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

wow! Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

 

[Comodave]

Looks nice. Good job.

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

Thank you! The only part that really kicked my butt was the 5200. Believe it or not, after all I went through to restore that area, the stupid sealant did me in. It went on kind of sloppy.

 

[jimL]

It looks great, thanks for sharing.

 

[HeatherAlyssa]

Thank you jimL!

 

[ksceviour]

I noticed you used a graphite packing on the rudder shaft. This stuff can cause metal pitting on some steels especially in a seawater environment so it wouldn't hurt to take a look at this again in the fall. Should be much easier now that you have it all cleaned up.

I would much rather see a teflon or flax packing put in there.