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For what it's worth - I cleaned this off of the shaft / thrust washer using parts cleaner no problem. Makes me think it was dried grease.
However, after knocking the hub out of the prop, there was a bunch of a white chalky looking residue in there too. After looking at that further, that looks...
I took my prop off because I noticed vibration after a big wave at a heavy throttle the last time I was on the water.
I noticed that there was a lot of white residue on areas of the prop shaft, etc. What is this?
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(For the context of this: I have a heavy ~5-6k lbs cabin, 24' cabin cruiser with a 5.0 MerCruiser Alpha 1 Gen II.)
Yesterday I took my boat down the river ~3hrs. Everything was great. Upon returning , the wind was coming down the channel and created roller waves with little white caps. We...
For what it's worth, this is how we resolved it: Pulled the cable jacket back out of the transom while it was still threaded into the bellhousing. Fed the cable through the jacket while we had full control of the jacket to ensure it fed smoothly. Fished the jacket / cable combo back through the...
I wasn't there for that part, but I'd say no based on conversations. I'd imagine the cable jacket was routed around the transom / engine and then screwed into the bellhousing after being routed.
Brother bought a boat with the same hardware as mine, but it has been a while since I've replaced my shift cable so I'm fuzzy on the details and looking for guidance / tips.
The cable housing has been attached to the drive unit and routed through the transom and into the boat. From what I...
My father picked up a 33' Formula (not sure the exact model). Powered by twin 7.4L MPI Mercruiser engines. It had Bravo II drives on it, but we no longer have the drives.
So - we need two new drives to slap on the back of this and ideally want to do it affordably so I'm looking at all the...
Yes, I have disc brakes.
I had Les Schwab tires repack my bearings in late 2022.
Sorry for the delay, all. I didn't get notifications that anyone replied.
I have Bearing Buddies on my trailer. 1 of them keeps blowing the dust cap (called a Bearing Buddy Bra) off.
This is only happening on 1 of my 4 trailer hubs. This first happened last year and it blew grease all over my wheel. I didn't have a replacement cap so I just cleaned things up and...
Thanks everyone for your input! Definitely helpful.
So, very much related - I want to test run my accessories on my batteries while at idle to understand what the drain is on the batteries.
What is the best way to do this?
I'm taking a shot in the dark with this logic, let me know if it...
You're right. 50 doesn't sound bad to most I'm sure. I have a disease (Reynaud's). When I get cold, I can't heat myself up any longer. If it's less than 70 degrees (and I have no sun) my body starts to get continually colder and it accelerates. I have to have outside heating sources (hand...
