Motor mounts....
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Printed Date: November-16-2024 at 1:52am
Topic: Motor mounts....
Posted By: gt40KS
Subject: Motor mounts....
Date Posted: September-21-2017 at 11:24pm
Not sure whether to post this here or in the REPAIR section. For those following, I've recently purchased a new prop, shaft, coupler, etc. Started simply enough with replacing the cutless bearing and cascaded very quickly into all of that. Now with all the parts in and the bearing replaced I continued with the shaft installation and alignment. And naturally that now has opened another door as the alignment is WAY off -- I'm not even going to quote thousandths of inch dimensions here. it's a large number. The rear mounts need to be lowered nearly 1/8" and to port slightly.
Here is the rub: All 4 of the mounts are frozen fast, rusted solid. I've spent the last 3 days soaking them with PB, oil and such, torquing them frequently trying to free them without success. I finally thought I had one broken free, but turns out the lower nut had just rounded over.
At this point I'm guessing I have no option but to pull all the mounts and replace them, unless someone here has an innovative way to break them free without breaking them.
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JCCI
1995 Ski Nautique GT40
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Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: September-22-2017 at 12:32am
Replace the front mounts with new as they are available easy for short money.
Jack up the gear and support it.
Pull the rear mounts as whole pieces and make them right on a bench, not the boat.
Put the mounts back on and re visit alignment.
just the way i would do it.
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Jesus was a bare-footer.............
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Posted By: geecee
Date Posted: September-22-2017 at 10:19am
could try a bit of heat I guess ?
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1983 Ski Nautique '2001'
-Chev 350 Mercruiser
-Custom Wake Tower
-Custom Interior
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