transmission repair

Just a quick tec note on the gear noise in the 89-90 transmissions...I was in the dealer today asking of the noise level in my boat and if they knew of any tranmission swap in my boat..they a$$ured me the tranny in my boat was original and the 89 wrighen on it, was the hours on the boat at the time of servicing..made sence...here is the thing they told me about the 89-90 modles...they were produced in Italy and the gear cut was different and C.C. changed unites that were complaned about back in the early 90's...the extra noise I'am experenceing is the windshield design..the rounded windshields are noiser then the older boats..

go figure

the boat still skis like a dream and thats what counts..

happy skiing/boarding

it sounds more torsional related if the noise gets softer with rpm, what does it sound like in nuetral?   I only replaced the planet, I personally never heard the noise in the boat or on the test stand, and i did not replace the ring, is the engine fine tuned? all the plugs good and wires? these all contribute to torsional noise. remember torsionals are always more predomenent at idle. the closer the power stroke gets the more the torsionals disappear, they are virtually non existant at high rpm

I do remember one for our local dealers here in cleveland and i swapped the planetary and the noise virtually went away and the initial complaint was noise from thier customer. when i tore it appart i found nothing wrong so i went ahead and swapped a newer stlye planetary and never heard back. was it the noise? i dont know.

they are all the same, helical bevel cut. The only spur gears in the trans our on the reverse planetary in which you will get a noisey reverse. how noisey is yours? they were some noisey ones back then and no problems arose, it is possible your damper plate springs are weakoning causing noise. also the other things that will cause noise are: timing, mis-fire, mis-alignment. torsionals will always be a problem because of the direct mechanical connection, unlike a trans in a car with a torque converter you have a hydraulic connection in which the torsionals are eliminated in the oil in the converter. try eliminating all the other possibilities first (mis-fires etc...) these all aggravate and amplify torsionals

Wow!!!!!!! I hardly ever read or post to this section. Eric seems like an ok guy. I think he got the message.I never met 79 in person, but I know he's a good guy.And if I had an engine problem..he could and would help me.I bet Eric would too. But time will tell.

Eric seems like a good guy to me. Heck, even 79 has warmed up to him. Just don't see what all the commotion is about. It's a boating site. Suppose to be fun. BKH

Guys, if someone wants to give me good advice on how to do something and it is free, I don't care if they put a flashing sign on their post. What is the big deal here? Is this a good ol boys club or a CC boat forum? I like my boat and if you can help me make it go better great.

I'd like all of you to keep up the good work and damm, get along!

Eric, I've enjoyed your input and appreciate the info you've offered. And you've taken our razzing pretty well.

Well, most folks see a posting of your web site address as an attempt to sell. Is your attitude always this cocky or are you just having a bad day? I am always amused by people that keep telling me how good they are.

By the way, you have no idea what I am paying for parts and I view your statement that "if you did sell parts it would be half of what I am paying" as an ignorant personal attack on my knowledge, ability, and intelligence. Do you find friends and new acquaintances hard to come by?

It would be smart of you to let this thread die.

i went to my bio, and have 71 posts and in the 71 posts i couldnt find one post to where i am trying to sell anything. if i did sell parts they would be half of what you are paying for them.You stated that you dont care about saving money on parts, please call me next time you need a part i will be more than happy to sell you parts.I built my business on integrity, i sat on the phone this morning for 25 minutes with a correctcraftfan in which his friend rebuilt his trans and he had no nuetral, i did not sell him anything actually it cost me money (no production)   I am guilty of one thing,, giving away trade secrets so you guys are not pulling your trannies 3 times to get it right. I do not believe that there is only do it yourselfers on this site, I myself came to this site in search of a problem i was having and another member from this site called me and helped me figure the problem out. If you dont want me on your team i will understand.

i really don't understand what you are trying to say, especially the part about my market. please explain

can't say i dont blame you about the albania thing, I have a couple buddies from Estonia, (same region) thier tool box contains: bailing wire, duct tape, bubble gum (just in case the duct tape wont stick) and 45 different hammers.....

By the way guys, I'm not from Albania, I am from Aurora, Ohio, must of hit the wrong key. I'm more than happy to offer some insight and also sbsorb some insight from you guys
Eric

I agree with Darrel, except for the Hollywood signaturepart. Also, I hope in the post above where 79 used all the colorful words in a row wasn't adressed to The Dude.

Glad you still miss the point everyone has said.

Free advice is welcomed.......you even said that you offer it freely.

There are four or five other threads regarding transmission questions and you have not offered any input. No one as questioned your abilities or knowledge of transmissions only your approach and it coming across as a sales pitch to us. It would be nice if you responded to the other questions but for what ever reason you don't. There are two other forum headers that questions get asked you seem to focus on this one thread and ignore the other questions under this heading one which was posted minutes before you responded to my comments.

So let me see if I have this right....your approach is advice to save us guys money and your in the transmission business not gouging business...... HHMMMMMM


It would be nice if you acted more as a memeber then a sales person and contributed with your free advice and knwoledge instead of telling us how much you can save us money if you do the work. What about gotaski's question about adding an extrenal tranny filter, what about the 71c tranny that they asked you about what about all of the other transmission questions that other members have asked we've been waiting to hear from your wealth of knowledge and skill.


If you act like a member and participate in the descussions then we would lighten up on you but All I see is you know everything about transmissions and we're all a bunch of dumb ass and don't know sh*t. So if and when you want to give your free advice here some might just send you some work to show case your skills and be refered to as a go to guy. But untill you do know one is going to be on your side and eventually we will get all over Keith and request your login in be removed and IP address blocked.

We really would like your insight and knowledge honestly.. we would, I mean that very sincearly and have been waiting for it. But .... I'm pretty sure I've cover that part already....


So please lets all start over and move forward with the great wealth of knowledge that you can provide us and that we are eagerly awaiting to absorb and use and eventually you'll have are respect and business some may just want to buy quality parts from you others will ship the transmissions to you but your going to have to act like a CORRECT CRAFT FAN and not a salesman ok. please let this all be water under the bridge and respond to the other questions posted where you could really help these guys out. Thanks in advance for responding to the other members questions.