RCSConstruction
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2007
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- 549
I checked alignment when I pulled my drive and it was pretty darn good. Now after a bellows/gimbal/driveshaft replacement, the alignment bar is rubbing real hard on the bottom and starboard portion of bar. I got splines almost all the way around. But it's taking grease clean off on the bottom and starboard side.( I banged four ways on alignment bar to set the gimbal, I also turned motor over and got the same marks on the bar . Stringers and transom are rock solid btw (I'm told there's no wood in my 2004 Caravelle to rot?)
So I checked my motor mounts and the port is screwed way up and the starboard seems to be in it's "original" position. The port motor mount bolt is about 4 threads from the top and the starboard side is a full nut thickness" lower (about 1")
What's going on here?
And just so i have it right, I should try and raise the starboard to the same height as the port, correct? They shouldn't be that un-even, right? Thinking this has something to do with my rumbling/grinding/horrible noise when I turn full port.
It really looks like someone had the same markings on alignment bar I am getting and tried to adjust horizontally by screwing port side up?
So I checked my motor mounts and the port is screwed way up and the starboard seems to be in it's "original" position. The port motor mount bolt is about 4 threads from the top and the starboard side is a full nut thickness" lower (about 1")
What's going on here?
And just so i have it right, I should try and raise the starboard to the same height as the port, correct? They shouldn't be that un-even, right? Thinking this has something to do with my rumbling/grinding/horrible noise when I turn full port.
It really looks like someone had the same markings on alignment bar I am getting and tried to adjust horizontally by screwing port side up?