Stuffing box Bellows

[mabbore]

I am going to re-pack my stuffing box, change the strut bushing, and I was thinking of changing the stuffing box "bellow"/ tube. Does anyone know what size it is? or where I can purchase like a foot of it. Mine is not leaking, but it is looking pretty ratty. Thanks in advance.

[chris young]

http://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10025|10601&product=23591658&code=BA%2080HO15012

You can use the P/N on the page to find one locally. Skidim sells precut pieces of Marine exhaust hose which apparently you shouldn't use. In my case that's what was on mine, and I couldn't get the Buck Algonquin stuff in time to get my boat done so I went with the marine exhaust hose. As it turns out, I don't think there was enough clearance between the hull and the shaft log for me to use the thick stuff anyways, so I would have been pissed paying 50 bucks for a piece of hose I couldn't use and delaying getting the boat in the water because I didn't have any of the thinner stuff.

[mabbore]

Have you had any issue with teh Skidim option? I noticed their offering is 2ply and not thick 3 ply


http://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10025|10601&product=23591658&code=BA%2080HO15012

You can use the P/N on the page to find one locally. Skidim sells precut pieces of Marine exhaust hose which apparently you shouldn't use. In my case that's what was on mine, and I couldn't get the Buck Algonquin stuff in time to get my boat done so I went with the marine exhaust hose. As it turns out, I don't think there was enough clearance between the hull and the shaft log for me to use the thick stuff anyways, so I would have been pissed paying 50 bucks for a piece of hose I couldn't use and delaying getting the boat in the water because I didn't have any of the thinner stuff.