Yes You will need those 2 side walls at the Walk Thru Opening. They are what keeps the Walk Thru & windshield aligned perfectly. They are bonded to the floor and hull sides somehow.
There are special shape SLEEVED washers that have molded flat washer on 1 end. A little trimming of the washer shape surfaces to be SLIGHTLY longer than needed. Causes a crushing and flaring of tube to form a watertight seal.
Some people hold the DOWN TRIM button until they feel / hear the trim motor stop.
CAUTION !! All the way down can also be,,,,,,,, prop now angled UPWARD. Also causes the bow to be pushed down more and more as speed increases. Boat becomes erratic.
Stock Honda brakes are the biggest crap after a light rain at night. Just touch the pedal ? And you are pulled out of your seat and pressed against the steering wheel. DANGEROUS in snow and ice.
Hill Billy factory tech and locals. Common sense definite problem !!
There should never be any SLOP in any direction !!
Should be slightly difficult to slide on the prop. It is that tight on the spline tolerances.
When I bought the small trailer in 1981. I checked the bearings. Fine So I simply forced grease theu all the race rollers. Then filled the housing to the seal. Fille the cup also Checked them 20 years ago, Still full of grease no water yet.
Trailer is over sized for the boat. 65 mph on a 6...
It took me lots of WOT take offs at different drive angles to find the best angles for loaded boat of people. At first they laughed. Then they did not.
Drag racing against yourself? Great way to put STRESS CRACKS all around the sterndrive mounting plate.
You do want to remove any carbon spots in the combustion chamber. Seafoam or other SLOW carbon disolvers would be a big help. Have you checked your sparkplugs for hard black deposits ?
It is a time & use related problem.......... Your replacement might be a unit made same date as yours. Bad quality units. Is your engine running a NEWER AND HOTTER thermostat ? Check pump temp with a a laser dot thermometer.
