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Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:38 am
by risctaker
Got it..thanks. When I was buying the boat, I gently turned each prop/shaft with the tranny in neutral to make sure nothing was seized up at the business end. The cutlass bearings made a screeching sound like fingernails on a chalkboard. Is that because they were not wet? or is there some issue I need to know about them?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:51 pm
by rossjo
risctaker wrote:The cutlass bearings made a screeching sound like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Humm - that doesn't sound good ... mots are some form of nitrile rubber, and I don't htink that shoudl "screech", and I've never heard one screech, but I haven't been under many boats on the hard turning the prop shafts, so someone else with more experience should reply.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:40 pm
by wowzer52
Dump water on it and turn it some more and see what happens. Did the shaft have play in it or was it ni9ce and tight?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:46 pm
by Big D
The screech is from turning dry. Doesn't happen with all but some will.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:23 pm
by prowlersfish
Not that abnormal
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:08 am
by risctaker
OK Thanks guys. I'll water them down real good then turn them again. There was no play in the shafts when I tried this. nice and screechie tight.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:27 am
by prowlersfish
They also could binding do to being out of alignment because the boat is blocked up and not in the water
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:32 am
by risctaker
Very possible. Actually the stbd shaft alignment looks a bit out to me just by eyeballing it. Will it go back into shape after returning to the water or do I need an alignment tool while it is blocked up?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:36 am
by prowlersfish
depends how it its blocked , you can get it close on land but finale adjustment in the water is the right way
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:49 pm
by fpawn1
I put a flushing valve on the raw intake hose--once done very simple to run engine the hard
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 11:03 pm
by rossjo
ditto here
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 4:18 pm
by risctaker
The flushing valve sounds like the way to go...thanks. For the immediate, I'm talking to BobCt about buying his "Fake-a-Lake"
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 10:38 pm
by rossjo
OK< I'l bite (without using Google) ...
What is "Fake-A-Lake"?
My dog did that on the last trip to the Rockville Regatta, but I don't think that's what you were referring to.
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:52 am
by risctaker
Basically a $55.00 modified toilet plunger with hose attachment built in and a long adjustable pole to place under the boat and over the raw water intake. Basically a "Fake" Lake so you can run your engines on the hard if you happen not to have hose attachments installed in your intake strainers near the engines.
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 12:14 pm
by rossjo
Why not add a T, valve and water hose connector to your intake hose - close the scuppers and opne the T-Valve to your hose connection and it pups in. No worries of the toilet plunger coming off ...