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  1. Tafflad

    Bearing Buddies leaking grease

    I fitted Bearing Buddies to my Karavan Trailer hubs ? Now I accept they do a nice job of putting grease in under moderate pressure, and thus keep water out. However I have a problem with grease leaking form rear grease seal ? this does not happen when stationary, and I have completely stripped...
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    Marine Ply .. or not

    I fitted a Tower to my boat this year, or in fact the dealer did. I'm very pleased with it. What I intend doing out of season is laminate in some supports behind the deck fittings, to cut down on flex, and strengthen the support point. Intent is to glue in some 3mm ply - about 60cm x 20cm been...
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    Vinyl Trim repair ?

    The edge of my SkySki foil has put a small (neat) cut in the vinyl trim on one of the longitudinal trim panels. These run the length of cokpit well ... effectively a 4" or so upstand, creating a pocket behind. This is clad in some foam of foam for 'soft feel / padding, and the outer layer is...
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    Clamping Guide-ons

    I need to clamp some 1.25" square tube onto the 4" x 2" trailer longitudinal beams. (to add guide-ons) If I just use a single U bolt, this would be diagonal across both items, ... is that enough ... or is the Guide-on upright likely to twist if nudged ? I thought about fitting 2 U bolts in a...
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    Moving boat back on trailer ? (perhaps)

    I want to polish the hull, so I need to move my boat on it's position on the trailer. My current tub is on bunk trailer ... how can I get at the area under the bunks to polish the hull ? The only time it's off the bunks, is when it's in the water - not a point at which I can polish the hull...
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    Help on brake cylinder parts

    I have a Karavan trailer and recently had 10" drum brake cylinders fail ... one side sized the other leaking fluid. Pretty surprised by this on a trailer only 2 years old. Stripped, found significant salt water corrosion ... honed out bores, reassembled and working for now. I have ordered...
  7. Tafflad

    Brake Cylinder parts

    I have a Karavan trailer and recently had 10" drum brake cylinder fail ... one side sized other leaking fluid. Stripped, significant salt water corrosion ... reassembled and working for now. I have ordered spares ...
  8. Tafflad

    Wheel Cylinder Seal (Karavan trailer)

    I have a Karavan Trailer ? single axle, with 10? drum brakes. One of the hydraulic cylinders in the wheel failed ?. And after stripping ?. I am in UK, and cannot buy replacement cylinders in country ???. I can buy a pair of cylinders and ship them in, but get hit for import duty, UPS air...
  9. Tafflad

    SMART TABS - fitted & impressed

    Back last year I asked about bow rise on my Maxum, possibly fitting DoleFin, and several guys pointed me instead to SMART TABS. As a result a small number UK guys clubbed together to buy SMART TABS for our Maxum boats importing from the US ? this worked out less that 1/2 price of buying them in...
  10. Tafflad

    Engine bay foam pad come loose

    Hi ... I have a Mercruiser 4.3L fitted to my Maxum 1800SR3 .. above the engine, 'glued' to the inner face of the Transom is a foam block, it is about 6" x 8" x 30" or so ... and is like a dense polystyrene (Styrofoam) http://tinyurl.com/ch4an3 Assume it is to cut down vibrations. The Glue...
  11. Tafflad

    Hull Graphics Q

    On my Maxum as well as the bold stripe, it has the SR3 decal, which is a bit like a few swirls or arrow heads joined together ... and it does look good. However on one side of hull the very leading edge of the graphic has started to lift, about 1/2" of it is sticking up ... Anybody know what...
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    4.3L carb Mercruiser upgrade ?

    I have a Maxum 1800 SR3 with 4.3L carb Mercruiser. Now I'm assuming that there must be thousands of these engines out there - does anybody make an upgrade kit to boost the hp ? Bigger carb, rejet existing carb, add supercharger, ... etc.
  13. Tafflad

    Move of tie down points (without welding)

    I am going to be fitting Smart Tabs in coming week, to a Maxum 1800SR3 on a Karavan bunk trailer. The Tab position means that the tie down straps at the rear can't be used from current transom points to trailer fittings...
  14. Tafflad

    Bearing Buddy's - worth fitting ?

    I have a Karavan Trailer ... and it has the alloy cup with a press in rubber cap ... covering the bearing. I could of course fit Bearing Buddy's ... never used these - are they worth it, do they work ? Read a few posts - that people have lost 'one' do they not stay put ? If I do go for these...
  15. Tafflad

    Anybody Fitted SMARt TABS to Maxum 1800sr3

    After good advice here, seriously intending fitting SMART TABS ... I show a pic of the Transom area .. currently bunks are projecting about 3" Will that be a problem ? Attached is a pic of the transom .. Where exactly would I fit them on this hull ... in attached pic of Transom is it at A or...
  16. Tafflad

    Smart Tabs - honestly ?

    I have a Maxum 1800 SR3 with 4.3L Mercruiser, Alpha One drive. Swapped standard prop to a High 5 .. giving better holeshot, but very bad bow rise, can only see sky ! Minimum planing speed is also quite high at 20mph. My thought was to fit a Hydrofoil (Stingray XPII) ... but suggestion is...
  17. Tafflad

    Ski Mirror for Maxum

    Changed my boat recently now have a new Maxum 1800 SR3 ... but it has no ski mirror. Tried a few so far but none of them will fit the 'substantial' Maxum frame. Anybody know of a nice mirror that will fit a frame thickness of 27.5mm (aprox 1 1/16")
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    4.3L mercruiser dieseling

    I have a 1 yr old Maxum, with 4.3L carb Mercruiser. Using standard 95 RON fuel It has done 32hrs. I have found that it frequently runs on when switched off ... sometimes for up to 20 sec. or more. This is not on particulary hot days ... but it happens on them as well. Boat is not being driven...
  19. Tafflad

    Stainless Steel High 5 Q

    Picked up 2 2nd hand props ?.. both are Stainless Steel High 5 props ?. Neither has any dings or damage, but noticed that they both have what I would class as a slight straight portion on the leading edge of each blade. I have never had that on my previous stainless props ? but never had a...
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