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8122pbrainard 
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Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41040 |
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 Posted: March-29-2009 at 7:47pm |
Matt, Did you take Chris's advice? The pinch clamps for the side to side will rust up pretty solid! |
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mndanielsncsu
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Joined: March-27-2008 Location: Huntersville NC Status: Offline Points: 115 |
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Posted: March-29-2009 at 8:18pm |
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Yeah, I loosened them up. I actually spoke to Eric and he walked me through everything. I needed to knock the tapered bolts loose with a dead-blow hammer to get it to move. I had taken the nut off the pinch clamp, but hadn't popped the bolt completely loose.
Everything is back together. I still have a rattle and spoke to Eric about that. I'm going to drop it in the water sometime this week or next weekend and see if it gets any better. He said that it may just be the planetary gear making noise, but there may not be an issue. Thanks again guys for all of the advice and thanks Eric for talking me through things on your day off. |
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mndanielsncsu
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Posted: April-04-2009 at 7:06pm |
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Just a final update... Got everything reassembled, but still had a rattle when I ran it in the driveway. Eric recommended that I check timing and tune it up, which I did.
Replaced spark plugs, wires, adjusted timing at idle, and aligned . Dropped it in today and gave it the first run of the season and to my surprise, it ran amazingly well... rattle was gone. I did learn that I need a new steering cable, because my steering got much tighter over the winter. I unhooked the cable at the rudder and was able to turn the rudder easily, confirming it needed replacement. Ordered a new one from White Lake yesterday. |
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eric lavine
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Posted: April-04-2009 at 8:07pm |
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a side note: when installing a new damper and testing in the drive, do not get shaken, at times you need a load on the prop so the real test is dropping it in the water to load it. they will rattle in the drive, I was so worried i couldnt sleep last night lol, good to hear you got it together and ran it
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