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If you do attempt to tighten it, (and I think you could) remember that there is a locknut that should be tight against the packing nut... back it off first. Take a gentle turn on the nut, probably no more than 1/2 turn or so to start, relock the locknut and see how things go.
It's unlikely to leak more, but overtightening can lead to excessive friction and temperature when the shaft is spinning.
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".. there is much you could do at sea with common sense.. and very little you could do without it.."
Capt G E Ericson (from "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat)
1984 Fast/Nicholson 345
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