sogood
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- May 11, 2016
- Messages
- 361
I'd like to change my lower shift cable and I'm wondering how feasible this would be with the boat still in the water, but not entirely. My mooring dries out fully at low tide and I would have a window of about 8 hours to do the work. My questions are, does the leg have to be lowered fully to remove it? as it is, I have to moor my boat with the leg up, as at low tide, my boat sits right on the mud. If I had to lower the leg fully, I'd have to dig out a bit of a "hole" for it to sit into as I wouldn't have full clearance.
Also, if I remove the leg and run into any unexpected delays or snags (and these things do happen!) would I have any major issues with the boat being in the water, right through a full tide cycle. Would water get into the boat? Would any possible damage be done to the gimbal etc. or could this be dried out/greased etc. afterwards.
it's an odd one I know, but pulling the boat at the moment is a bit of a PITA.
I had also thought of bringing the boat around to a small, seldom used slipway at the side of my harbour and slinging some tyres, on ropes, under the hull, fore and aft. Then with the boat pulled up as high onto the slipway as is possible, I'd let the tide drop until she was sitting on the slipway. Maybe a better option?
Getting my trailer onto the slipway isn't the easiest job in the world as it's really only accessible for small boats, due to the set up and my trailer is for my 25' Sportsman. I actually had to launch at a different slipway, much bigger and with excellent access.
Finally, when the boat was on the hard, I had a look see at the possibility of removing the leg but found that the pin/threaded bar on the ends of the rams was impossible to move. I removed the nuts but the bar refused to slide out. Even after some friendly persuasion it stayed put. The trim operates freely with no binding, but the bar refused to slide out. Is this common? I didn't want to be too heavy handed and wondered if a good soaking with penetrating oil or similar would help?
That's about it and thanks in advance.
Mercruiser 5.7 Alpha 1 gen 1.
Also, if I remove the leg and run into any unexpected delays or snags (and these things do happen!) would I have any major issues with the boat being in the water, right through a full tide cycle. Would water get into the boat? Would any possible damage be done to the gimbal etc. or could this be dried out/greased etc. afterwards.
it's an odd one I know, but pulling the boat at the moment is a bit of a PITA.
I had also thought of bringing the boat around to a small, seldom used slipway at the side of my harbour and slinging some tyres, on ropes, under the hull, fore and aft. Then with the boat pulled up as high onto the slipway as is possible, I'd let the tide drop until she was sitting on the slipway. Maybe a better option?
Getting my trailer onto the slipway isn't the easiest job in the world as it's really only accessible for small boats, due to the set up and my trailer is for my 25' Sportsman. I actually had to launch at a different slipway, much bigger and with excellent access.
Finally, when the boat was on the hard, I had a look see at the possibility of removing the leg but found that the pin/threaded bar on the ends of the rams was impossible to move. I removed the nuts but the bar refused to slide out. Even after some friendly persuasion it stayed put. The trim operates freely with no binding, but the bar refused to slide out. Is this common? I didn't want to be too heavy handed and wondered if a good soaking with penetrating oil or similar would help?
That's about it and thanks in advance.
Mercruiser 5.7 Alpha 1 gen 1.
