prop tightness?
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Topic: prop tightness?
Posted By: kevin719
Subject: prop tightness?
Date Posted: October-18-2008 at 9:50pm
How do you check the prop and bushings and shaft?I can turn the prop but it is not what I would call easy and I definetely could not give it a spin??
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Posted By: Sam B
Date Posted: October-18-2008 at 11:35pm
Kevin,
I will be home all day sunday if you want to stop by. Let me know.
Sam
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Posted By: kevin719
Date Posted: October-19-2008 at 12:18am
Hey Sam yeah Ill call and stop by in the afternoon.
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Posted By: Sam B
Date Posted: October-19-2008 at 12:32am
Sounds good! I look forward to it.
Sam
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: October-19-2008 at 10:34am
Kevin,
Even with a properly aligned shaft/strut/log/engine you can't "spin" the prop. Connect with Sam and discuss it. If needed we can get you through the alignment. (wouldn't be a bad idea anyway!) There are several threads on it including Eric's on aligning the engine
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Posted By: kevin719
Date Posted: October-19-2008 at 6:25pm
Yeah I stopped by Sam's today.Great guy and awesome boat! His prop is the same tightness as mine but I will probably do an alignment after I finish the interior this winter.Will probably change the strut bushing and whatever else is needed!
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Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: October-19-2008 at 11:57pm
I took my strut to a machine shop and let them get the strut bearing out. I think the strut bearings are overpriced. I went over to white lake, it was $92. That's alot for a piece of metal with some rubber inside of it.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: October-20-2008 at 7:48am
Tim, Sounds like they charged you over the list price! http://www.deepblueyachtsupply.com/series.aspx?id=2 - 1" for $32.65
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Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: October-20-2008 at 7:42pm
The one they stock is about 7" long, you cut it to length for your year.
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Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: December-04-2008 at 6:16pm
i had my shaft straighten and then all allingned and when boat is in the dry bed a the storage facility, its hard to turn it by hand as the shaft kind of get stopped by the friction of the strut bushing rubber. But if i put some soapy water through the shaft and it penetrates the strut it will spin smoothly (sounds a little xxx). I think its ok as water act as lubricant to the bushing or am I wrong?
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Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: December-05-2008 at 9:52am
yes the water acts as a lube and a coolant, its the same concept with anything liquid and friction, you need a means to transport heat away. dry pumps are also hard to turn
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