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Originally Posted by 2dogsnight
... Maybe I have too much of packing material? There was very noticeable difference in friction between one and two packing rolls in the packing nut...
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Aha! I think we have a clue. You probably have the wrong diameter packing, rather than too much. Properly sized packing should take three rings of packing. I had something similar happen when I tried to use 1/4" packing on my system. It got hot, and even with the nut hand loose , it wouldn't drip. Dropped down to 3/16" and everything worked as its supposed to.