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I was surprised by the gland. I haven't looked at the drawings for the #5 but when I first saw the gland, I thought the 'boss?' would be external.Is there a reason why it's on the inside?
Quote from: zeeprogrammer on January 20, 2020, 11:08:01 PMI was surprised by the gland. I haven't looked at the drawings for the #5 but when I first saw the gland, I thought the 'boss?' would be external.Is there a reason why it's on the inside?To press in on the packing, gives more compression adjustment before the flanges bottom out.
Quote from: crueby on January 20, 2020, 11:27:50 PMQuote from: zeeprogrammer on January 20, 2020, 11:08:01 PMI was surprised by the gland. I haven't looked at the drawings for the #5 but when I first saw the gland, I thought the 'boss?' would be external.Is there a reason why it's on the inside?To press in on the packing, gives more compression adjustment before the flanges bottom out.Speaking of packing...............there wasn't any included in my kit. What would be good to use?Jim
Quote from: Flyboy Jim on January 21, 2020, 12:59:54 AMQuote from: crueby on January 20, 2020, 11:27:50 PMQuote from: zeeprogrammer on January 20, 2020, 11:08:01 PMI was surprised by the gland. I haven't looked at the drawings for the #5 but when I first saw the gland, I thought the 'boss?' would be external.Is there a reason why it's on the inside?To press in on the packing, gives more compression adjustment before the flanges bottom out.Speaking of packing...............there wasn't any included in my kit. What would be good to use?Jimthe graphite cord packing like used in faucets is good - the narrow kind, or take the thicker cord and untwist the strands to get a narrow length, wrap it around and let the gland compress it a bit. Or even o-rings, if one happens to fit the space. Even teflon tape, twisted into a cord, can work.
Came out right on! Then flipped the Cylinder and repeated the operation with the same result.