[AT] IHC H water pump packing

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Tue May 2 09:39:43 PDT 2017


That's pretty much the way you set up boat shafts Cecil.
You don't want it so tight that it will burn the packing and/or
cut a groove in a very expensive length of propeller shaft.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil Bearden
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 9:54 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] IHC H water pump packing

In my old days as a maintenance engineer for a hospital, the chief
engineer had about 50 yrs experience when I came on board. He would
tighten the packing nut until the shaft would only "sweat"a drop or two
every 15 minutes.   He told me that this kept the packing from burning
the shaft and still held water.   This was the procedure on all the
circulation systems for heating, cooling, and hot water.  I would
tighten it until it might stay damp, but not have any real noticeable
leak overnight.   As long as you do not have any animals that would lick
the antifreeze, then there isn't a problem.

Cecil in oKla


On 5/1/2017 8:01 PM, Len Rugen wrote:
> I used my H a few weeks ago, then noticed the front tires were wet.  It 
> was about 4 quarts low, so I pressure tested the system.  At first, I 
> couldn't find a leak, then I found a slow drip off a fan blade.  After 
> tear down, I found the packing nut was just finger tight, which is 
> probably the cause.  I tightened it about 1/2 turn and couldn't turn the 
> pump shaft with my fingers, backing off about 1/6 or a little less lets me 
> turn the shaft.
> How tight should I tighten the packing nut?
>
> Len Rugen
>
> rugenl at yahoo.com
>
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