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    When boating, always ___________________

    " Ya can't fix stupid, never have, never will !" no one dared to comment that she might've been drunk? Or that the majority of these incidents probably involve alcohol?
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    Been a little cold.

    went down to the marina yesterday to clear off the pontoon boat cover, Essex,Md. Hardest part was getting around the boat due to the frozen top layer over the snowpack that sometimes supported me, sometimes didn't. Extremely slow going. First time with a heavy snow and no warm up with this boat...
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    Grease Seal to Spindle Fit

    if you make more than a couple of pumps and the grease is not moving, then you should begin to suspect a problem such as that, if you have been maintaining it properly. Just because something is a year old doesn't mean it can't be defective or an improper procedure isn't used. I've got an '04...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Whenever I run my generator for maintenance, I plug in my heat gun on high just to exercise the circuitry .
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    Grease Seal to Spindle Fit

    I didn't feel the need to mention that there is a first time where they are hand packed. Subsequently, you don't need to. Don't feel like arguing today. My Karavan's is great, the new grease enters the rear bearing travels to the front bearing and then out. As long as the rear seal is good and...
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    Grease Seal to Spindle Fit

    "You don't use the axles with the zerks to grease the bearings. You hand pack them." well, yes you do if you have that type of axle. My '06 Karavan tandem has that type of axle and it does a great job of keeping my bearings packed. My hubs get pulled every year for other maintenance and the...
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    Another job for JB weld???

    if it was mine and if patching was what I decided: drain all gear oil. If you have access to a compressor and a siphon nozzle, use alcohol or acetone to spray into or clean the crack. Doesn't take much. That'll help the jb weld hold. Then use a shop vac to help pull in the jb weld. It just takes...
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    Maybe my turn for new boat time

    when I was in fresh water, no paint. Now I'm in the upper Chesapeake, brackish, I've seen a pontoon unpainted that was covered in barnacles. Talk about looking horrible and slowing a boat down, that would do it. not arguing, it's a choice.
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    Trailer wheel bearings - standard or stainless

    I have that same bearing and seals for my trailer There are 2 seals listed with different inner diameters but the same outer diameter, 1.98". where are you finding a 2" outer diam. seal ? Would it fit?, maybe. You're talking just 002" larger minimal, which might be forceable but might deform it...
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    Can't stand your buddies wife?

    lol...my "neighbor" on the corner.....quality guy. Isn't that child endangerment?....Enquiring minds want to know.🤔
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    Trailer wheel bearings - standard or stainless

    I just learned something, as my timkens are not SS. Seems most are not.
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    Trailer wheel bearings - standard or stainless

    my trailer uses the same bearing size. I have Timkens on mine....but I thought all bearings were SS. Regardless, I've been happy with my tandem and in brackish water.
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    Can't stand your buddies wife?

    a small example of what us normal people have to deal with...😳
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    Maybe my turn for new boat time

    interesting comment about bottom paint. I did my pontoon after seeing pontoons that operate on the chesapeake without paint. What a mess. And a lift cost vs me repainting every two years doesn't work. but curious why someone wouldn't buy a boat that's been bottom painted.
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    2025 - My Season By The Numbers

    that's interesting to read. How have you found operating on those great lakes with a pontoon? Is that a tri-toon? What diameter are your toons? Have you determined what water/wind conditions are your minimums in operating? What size prop (blades/diameter/pitch) are you running on that 115? I'll...
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    Can't stand your buddies wife?

    the world would be a great place to live, if it wasn't for humans...🤔
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    Boating GPS

    that's what I thought and exactly what I do, but didn't know if I had missed something.
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    Boating GPS

    That's what I use. Someone mentioned their garmin updates over the air, so wondering what makes the difference.
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    Boating GPS

    sorry....this.
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    Boating GPS

    this is what I have except mine is a "53" , a little older What determines over the air updating? It has wifi and gps capability. curious.
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