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  1. CuddyLicious

    Best sharpener for my Kabar?

    Sounds like you're not getting to the edge and raising a burr. You can sharpen until the cows come home but if you don't raise a burr on EACH side you're spinning your wheels. Send it to me, I'll sharpen it for you no charge. I have the Wicked Edge Diamond Precision Guided Sharpener with diamond...
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    New Gimbal bearing won’t take grease

    Never was able to get the bearing to take grease. Talked to the local Certified Volvo shop and he said the bearing comes pre packed with some thick grease and it's not uncommon. I'm going to run it on the muffs and give it a few shots of grease after it warms a bit and hope for the best and next...
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    New Gimbal bearing won’t take grease

    Yes I purposely bought a serviceable bearing. I wanted to use a Valvoline EP full synthetic moly fortified grease but it’s not as viscous as regular green wheel bearing grease. Think I might try switching grease and see if I can get some green thick grease in there. Right now the path of least...
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    New Gimbal bearing won’t take grease

    I’m not sure I understand. Which fitting? I get grease thru the zerk fitting but can’t get grease “into” the bearing but rather only “around” the bearing. Thanks
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    New Gimbal bearing won’t take grease

    Gimbal bearing questions.... I just installed a new gimbal bearing on a Volvo DP-SM and it won’t take grease. Before installing with the alignment tool installer I marked the ring and lined it up with the grease tube and drove it in. The grease hole was in the gap so any ideas what could be the...
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    U Joint Replacement Quality (Made in China)

    Sadly I agree. My final decision was to scrap the driveline, bite the bullet and purchase a new OEM complete driveline kit. There's too much at stake to go "cheap" with this particular component. The immense stresses put on those crosses from the 8.1L hooked up to duo props pushing 6000lbs...
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    Agreed on all the angles was just wondering what you built it to thanks.
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    Anyone here interested in Japanese kitchen knives?

    This is so cool. Great idea, I love it. May I ask what your determined angles are? I have a whetstone set I use for small repairs and such. Never got any good with the freehand stuff for sharpening. I do however have a Wicked Edge guided precision sharpening system and run a little garage hustle...
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    U Joint Replacement Quality (Made in China)

    Those were my initial thoughts which is why I assembled the driveshaft. Meyle makes all sorts of replacement parts for BMW, Mercedes Benz, VW etc so it would lead you to believe they are of the highest quality. From the Meyle website..... “Engineered and Qualiy approved by our Engineers” We...
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    U Joint Replacement Quality (Made in China)

    I’m wondering if anybody has any experience they can share with Meyle replacement u joints for Volvo Penta DP-SM 8.1L. I’m in the middle of replacing the u joints and would rather not buy the entire drive shaft as VP recommends. I have the newer style external clipped and factory balanced drive...
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    DP-SM Raw water hose fitting stuck

    So a bigger hammer it is 😂 Thanks and Happy New Year
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    DP-SM Raw water hose fitting stuck

    Pulled the DP-SM drive for gimble inspection and to lube the drive shaft splines and for the life of me I can't get the hose fitting pushed thru the pivot housing. My first time pulling the drive on a VP (SX-MHP Transom Shield) the manual says to just push it thru as far as you can. It has some...
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    Volvo Penta prop help

    These are not the original props< When I bought the boat it had F5's and was way under propped for my liking. The F6's are almost perfect but puts me 200 RPM's over WOT. (4200-4600) Id prefer full throttle to take me right to the top of suggested WOT. The F7's put me in the middle of suggested...
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    Volvo Penta prop help

    That’s most likely what I’ll do. Have you any experience with mixing duo prop sets with success? What harm could it cause to the drive long term? Thanks.
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    Volvo Penta prop help

    And what was the result? I'm considering this. I'm stuck between F6 and F7 sets. I have a 24' Monterey 248 cuddy with VP 8.1L 4200-4600 WOT. The F6's give me 4800rpm's and the F7 give me 4400. The boat struggled to get to 4400 with the F7's and was sluggish out of the hole while it's peppy out...
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