These flexible extractors are designed to facilitate the removal of old packing of any size. The long flexible shank of the flextractors makes access easy, even to those glands in the most awkward positions. The hardened and tempered steel screw end is designed to give maximum penetration into the packing. Oz Seals packing extractors ae supplied in a range of different sizes. For the easy installation of packings, metal ring segments can screwed onto the extractors and in this way they become the ideal tool for pushing the packing evenly into the installation space without damaging the shaft or housing.