Realistic packing nut adjustment.

[Pistol Pete]

Thanks Greg,

Today, I'm hammering out the website and business card design.

[denjoe]

If he can get out of bed before 11am to get to customer locations.

[Olive]

Ok guys,

I can acess and adjust my gland nut pretty easy on my 2000 WS VLX. Plenty of room around where I need to get at.

Lately, I've tried to acess the gland nut on a 04 and 05 WS VLX with the ballast pumps mounted right near where I need my wrenches and I can't get on the two nuts for anything.

Who has actually adjusted their's on a late model V-drive and how did you do it? Any special tools? Crow's foot wrench? Magic boat mechanic dust? What?

Dealers, please chime in here.

Guys -- just returned from the boat -- need to go back in the morning -- my arms are black and blue from trying to get the "gland nuts" loosened on my 04 VLX -- there is really no room.

I bought the "special tools", even borrowed the Supra mechanics "special" tools and still could get the nuts loose -- can someone who has done this confirm:

When on your knees (prayer or otherwise) looking towards the stern -- the second nut (thin) is the stoper and you rotate it clockwise (handle down) to back it off the larger packing nut -- could this be confirmed... I'd hate to have taken these cat scars since I was "tightening vs loosening".

After this is backed off -- I would clockwise rotate the larger of the two nuts to tighten the packing -- I'm at a steady drip -- stationary -- in the water -- needless to say I have a wet boat. "any photos" available?

As always -- I appreciate the help (and yes that damm ballast pump if a pain...).

Thanks, Ollive

[NvBoarder]

Hope this helps

[Olive]

Hope this helps

Certainly does!!!

Thanks so much -- off to the boat to donate more skin off my arms -- I noticed in the appended photo -- the "engine was missing"... hard to believe Malibu would set up such an ergonomic nightmare.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.