Need help packing drive shaft!!!!

[scottsquared]

I found the post about the drive shaft packing but couldnt find instructions.  can anyone help me out?  I would like to get my boat back in the water tommorrow.

[cyclone]

tighten the nut. really, it's that easy

[scottsquared]

The Teflon nut was as tight as it would go.  is there packing material that needs to be replaced?

I was told that the newer DD boats have teflon seals and the older DD boats have rope type packing but I have never dealt with either.

[cyclone]

I have the procedure in a bunch of stuff I got from Derek, but I haven't had time to sort through it and I am travelling this week. If you call my dealer, Atlanta Marine, and ask for Tony, he will help. Be sure and tell him that you found out about him through me, just so he knows why he got so popular all of a sudden. You should also email Rick.cohn@Toyota.com and ask him for the info. It's his job.

[davidgree1]

rick.cohn@toyota.com  doesn't deliver anymore.

[scottsquared]

thanks for the help.  I found the guy here in Mooresville , NC that worked at the Toyota dealership.  Sounds like he knows all of the service bulletins ect...  I will let you know how it goes.  he is at Northpoint Watersports (Nautique dealer).  

he said that there is once around wrap of teflon impregnated packing (cut at 45's on each end) and the teflon nut's tightens it to the shaft to make the seal.

sound familiar to anyone?  If not, that probably means that if correclty done I wont have to worry about it again for a while.

[toyotafreak]

Scott, send me your email and I'll send you the 'official' Toyota repacking procedure. It's 5.3 megabytes.

[davidgree1]

What size teflon rope do you use to repack with?
There is a good explaination on how to repack at wakeworld.com
Basically cut the rope at a 45 degree angle and rap it around the shaft.  Do this 2-3 times and stagger the joints.  First clean ot the old stuff.  But I don't know what size packing.

[scottsquared]

the mechanic (mentioned earlier) told me that it was a single wrap, but I dont know the size.  I should know when I pick up my boat.  gr8dna said he would e-mail instructions but they are too big to post here.  sa

[toyotafreak]

From memory, the packing should leak about 1 drop/second while underway, and should not drip at all while out of gear. If drips exceed this, tighten packing maybe like a quarter turn at a time. Once you can't crank it anymore, gotta replace.

REMOVAL:
Now, excerpted fromt he Toyota procedure: Remove boat from water (duh). Remove cotter pin and loosen nut until it's separated from gland. Remove the two separate windings of teflon packing.

If you can't get the packing out...Loosen two hose clamps holding packing gland, twist and remove gland away from the hose. Push out packing from the hose side two remove the two pieces.

INSTALLATION:
Cut two pieces of Teflon packing (5/16" - haven't found it myself yet) to 4 1/2" length (no mention of cutting at angles). Insert one between the washer and the bottom of the boat (?). Push packing into housing and insert next washer.

Insert next piece, offset ends, between washer and jam nut. Tighten jam nut hand tight. Insert complete packing gland into hose and secure with hose clamps. Lossen jam nut slightly and insert new cotter key.

Put boat in water, adjust to set drip at 1 per 5 seconds (?). Readjust as needed to a slight drip.

Pete, if I sent you that powerpoint, maybe you should try to get it posted. I'm on travel until next Friday, and the PPT's at work.

Good luck.

Oh yeah, maybe we should take Gearhead's advice and spring for a dripless packing (think they're about $200 at SkiDIM.com.

[davidgree1]

5/16" packing is available at West Marine.

[scottsquared]

thank you for everyones help.  

IMPORTANT:  the last person who packed mine did not get all of the old packing out.  you need a good pick that is made for pulling the packing out and a mirror.  its a very small space thats hard to see.  sa

[cyclone]

Sorry Derek, I took a new job in April and have been working 80 hour weeks and travelling. I love it, but it doesn't leave much time for things like site maintenance. I can do most of it from the road, but I don't have the full version of Acrobat anymore. I will, soon.
I could give you access and permissions to help with the site if you want to and have the time. It's pretty easy.

[toyotafreak]

I'd be happy to help prepare content for the how-to pages and stuff, but would feel better if you cleared everything and posted.

Send me something off-line or give me a call this week.