Hello all,
I'm looking for some advice on an issue with engine alignment of the 350 in a 1997 Sea Ray br 210. Back story of the boat is that me and a group of friends do projects out of my garage and the relative of one of the guys sold us his boat for $500 with the only catch that the gimbal bearing failed on it. We're all handy guys with backgrounds in mechanics and engineering but boats are new to us.
We have removed the old bearing and pressed in a new one which all went easy enough but we are having quite the time trying to align the engine to the bearing. Laterally the engine is not aligning up. With the engine vertically aligned the alignment tool shows splined grease marks on only the starboard side and no marks on the port side.
So far we've tried loosening both the front and rear mounts and hoisting the engine up to realign the mounts but that did not help. The rear mount bushings look to be ok and there is no apparent hull damage.
Any suggestions or thoughts? We're at a bit of a loss! I'll post some photos for a visual
I'm looking for some advice on an issue with engine alignment of the 350 in a 1997 Sea Ray br 210. Back story of the boat is that me and a group of friends do projects out of my garage and the relative of one of the guys sold us his boat for $500 with the only catch that the gimbal bearing failed on it. We're all handy guys with backgrounds in mechanics and engineering but boats are new to us.
We have removed the old bearing and pressed in a new one which all went easy enough but we are having quite the time trying to align the engine to the bearing. Laterally the engine is not aligning up. With the engine vertically aligned the alignment tool shows splined grease marks on only the starboard side and no marks on the port side.
So far we've tried loosening both the front and rear mounts and hoisting the engine up to realign the mounts but that did not help. The rear mount bushings look to be ok and there is no apparent hull damage.
Any suggestions or thoughts? We're at a bit of a loss! I'll post some photos for a visual