PITBoat
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2018
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- 286
Is this something specific to these older models? I just read an article comparing jet boats to stern drives, and removal was not mentioned as part of the yearly maintenance for the SDs.
I asked my boat's PO the other day about the last time it was off, and he didn't know. He thought greasing the zerk on the RH side of the drive (which he said is the gimbal bearing) took care of any greasing issues. He said the owner prior to him didn't mention it either.
I'm just wondering if I'm really gambling with the life of the drive the longer I put that off. We have a 70F day (though a little windy) forecast for tomorrow and I'd kinda like to put the plugs back in, etc. and cruise around the lake for a couple of hours. I need to get some Stabil in the tank anyway and get that run through the carburetor.
I asked my boat's PO the other day about the last time it was off, and he didn't know. He thought greasing the zerk on the RH side of the drive (which he said is the gimbal bearing) took care of any greasing issues. He said the owner prior to him didn't mention it either.
I'm just wondering if I'm really gambling with the life of the drive the longer I put that off. We have a 70F day (though a little windy) forecast for tomorrow and I'd kinda like to put the plugs back in, etc. and cruise around the lake for a couple of hours. I need to get some Stabil in the tank anyway and get that run through the carburetor.