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    Need Advice on Replacing Hubs, Drums and Brakes on Boat Trailer

    an inexpensive brake tool set will make the job go easy.
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    Soak Bearings in Rust Remover?

    Your pics are good quality, I see pitting in both rollers and races..You should replace them...
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    New Sailer getting started!

    If you have a competitive nature I think you will be disappointed in either. Really depends on how you want to use it..if it were me I would finish your class and then hang out at the docks and crew on a few different boats..
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    Boat not planing

    Excuse my ignorance, can a 14 ft jon boat be capable of the weight of the extra motor?
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    Replacing the starter on a 1982 murcuriser 260 hp

    Nothing is easy, on an engine shoehorned into a pleasure boat...
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    Warning!

    Is that Confusius? LOL
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    Electric Boats

    I have a 35lb kayak that would be a fun time with an inline electric motor of good strength.. I would place batts towards the bow and the motor just forward of my seat.
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    Reverse polarity

    I think it's ok,, unless you have some sensitive IT.. diodes don't like it... your alternator is probably okay but the built in voltage regulator might be damaged. I'm glad for you that the tunes still function
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    Boat not planing

    I've been following this thread and curiosity bit so I googled a 14 ft buccaneer and it made me wonder. I can't see how to find room for a kicker. That's a small boat to hang 2 motors on..can you offer a picture?
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    Possibly getting a slip - what to know before saying yes

    I don't like being tied up to a seawall.. especially if there's boat traffic nearby.
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    What to do with my two 470's?

    If what I see in your hand is a lifter it's dead. And what you see welded to the lifter is a large piece of the cam... IMHO
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    Im fed up with this Boating life.

    Boats have always been needy and require a lot of love.... wish there was a better explanation but I don't have it.. they are a bit like a spoiled woman..LOL
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    Outboard lifter was struggling.

    I think the ram needs replacement or rebuilding. It's not helping the effort and just along for the ride.. IMHO
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    When I turn the key starter rapidly clicks

    Yes a bad battery will suck down a jumper box..
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    Electronic fuel pump.

    QC on the electric pumps seems a problem. So check the pressure..
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    When I turn the key starter rapidly clicks

    The clicking is a relay the question is why. Usually it's low battery. How much water in the bilge?
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    I no nothing! But will say that the ram on the port side looks a bit rusty. But I do have a couple of non related questions.. What is the rectangle thingy in the center of the transom? Maybe a mount for a pusher..? And will the remote cables freeze up from corrosion?
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    Embarrassing question

    Best of luck!
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    Should I be worried

    Give it a look and see if you can move things forward a bit without affecting your turning radius..
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    My boat is being a boat . . .

    Does your PIR have any adjustment? Maybe you could dial down the sensitivity..
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