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    Fresh Water Disc Brake Coating

    I've got a 2007 EZ Loader tandem axle (3,500lb) trailer with factory surge drum brakes on the rear axle only that, even after being replaced last year, seem to need adjusting way too often. Like every few trips often. There's also a welded piece of metal that hangs down a couple inches in...
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    SX-A Trim Pump Inop (Not a Cover Problem)

    Reading all the threads last year about the original SX-A trim pump cover leaking, and ThreeMileBayWaker's awesome DIY thread, I had a strange feeling all last year that I would soon have trim trouble. Well it started yesterday, but it's not a leaking cover. When I stored the boat over the...
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    Tandem Trailer Suspension - Equalizer after Tire Change

    I jacked up the boat/trailer and put it on jack stands to take the 4 wheels to a tire store and mount the new tires I just bought. The 2 jack stands were placed under a crossbeam in between the two axles. Before I jacked it up, the suspension looked like below, with the equalizer centered...
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    Cooler Radio

    I know this isn't "boat specific" necessarily, but it will be on my boat and campsite pretty much every weekend. I had a free weekend to waste, and originally had plans to buff and wax the boat but the 40+mph winds make any outdoor event just total mayhem. So I put the cover on the boat and...
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    Bearing Buddy Broke Off In Hub

    2007 EZ-Loader tandem axle trailer for 21ft Seaswirl 210 br It has the EZ-Lube hubs, but I like to use a combo of that and bearing buddies. What that means is, I grease the EZ-Lube fitting to pump out the old grease until new grease comes out, remove the grease fitting and install Bearing...
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    Soft Spot in Floor...Structural?

    Hi all, I found a soft spot in the floor of my boat (sig line) last night. It is way up front in bow, right where everyone hops into the boat from the dock. This is a 2007 and the floor is all fiberglass, no holes or cracks, with snap in carpet. I'm having a hard time believing there is any...
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    Trailer Hardware For Cover Straps

    I've only had a snap on cover for my boat (sig line). Just ordered a custom cover with straps and realized I need hardware to screw into the fender steps for some of the straps. I've been looking for something specifically designed for this but am coming up empty. What does everyone else use...
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    Uneven steering port and starboard

    2007 Seaswirl 210 br VP sx-a drive I wish I could say I am certain when this started but I cannot. I do have a good feeling that it started after I took the drive and gimbal ring off over the winter for maintenance. I noticed this summer that the steering wheel has to be held 1/4 turn to the...
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    Gauge range has changed

    2007 Seaswirl 210 br Faria gauge set The original trim gauge would never go to the full up position. It would stop at about 1/4 down even though the drive was up. I figured it had to be trim limiters because of the swim platform. I replaced my original gauge set earlier this season (May)...
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    Centering on bow roller

    I've been having a tough time getting my boat centered on the bow roller. It seems to always want to go to the port side. It's a 2007 Seaswirl 210 bowrider on a matching EZ-Loader trailer. It is nice and centered on the keel. The trailer has 4 bunks, (beginning at the keel) the two outside...
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    Surge brakes releasing

    2007 Tandem axle EZ-Loader trailer with surge drum brakes on rear axle. Stopping at a light seems normal to me. But as I let off the brakes and start to accelerate, it feels like the truck moves while the trailer sits still for a fraction of a second, then it catches and shakes the truck front...
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    Gear lash noise? Related to hard shift into neutral?

    5.0GL-H with SX-A 1) I've had a constant noise exactly like in this video for a year now. It is pretty noticeable and clearly audible in the water: MOV02448.flv Video by mprentice1804 | Photobucket Does that sound like gear lash? It only happens in neutral, and never when the engine is...
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    Getting hardened rubber off of exhaust elbow

    VP 5.0GL-H with SX-A drive Got into a little mud friday and had a port exhaust overheat. Water temp stayed normal, and the blockage cleared itself apparently, but not after burning up a good amount of the two exhaust elbow bellows underneath the metal clamps. I'm thinking the thermostat...
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    "LS" Gear Lubes

    After reading the manual that mentions using Volvo Penta synthetic 75w-90 or equivalent GL-5 synthetic gear lube of the same weight, I ventured to the local autozone and grabbed 3 quarts of Mobil 1 synthetic GL-5 75w-90 gear lube. I just ran across a thread saying to NOT use gear lubes with...
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    SX-A Top Cover Clearance

    Trying to find the correct clearance for the top cover of my SX-A. The OEM service manual says "make sure correct shims are under cover" with no mention of what the correct shims are. I saw a different thread with clearance numbers for an SX drive but I'm not sure if it's identical.
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    Grease leaking around buddy bearing

    I have a 2007 tandem axle EZ-LUBE trailer. It had the original dust caps over the grease zirks. The rubber was cracked and water was intruding so I discard them a year ago and cleaned the bearings and hubs, repacked the bearings by hand, and put everything back together. With the grease zirk...
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    Swim ladder strap replacement

    My 07 Seaswirl 210 BR has the extended platform and swim ladder from Seaswirl on it. The hinged "lid" that covers the stowed ladder is secured down with a fabric strap that snaps down. At some point last fall, that strap frayed and broke off. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement for...
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    Anchoring in rocks

    Hey guys, I boat on lakes around Kansas and the ones I usually go to are basically rock bottom anywhere near the bank where I would anchor next to a camp site. Rocks come in all sizes from small to too big to carry. When I try to anchor it just skips off the top of them and never digs in. If...
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    Question about summerizing with a drained block

    I got to thinking last night about this for when the spring comes around and its time to summerize the boat and run it the first time. Say you hook up muffs and run it. The water temp sensor is measuring the temp of the water coming from the block up into the thermo housing correct? If the...
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    How much water sits in manifolds?

    VP 5.0 GL-H Ran the engine up to operating temp, fogged the engine thru the carb. Then pulled the two block drain plugs. Water trickled out so I used a small screwdriver to prod the holes and warm steamy water came pouring out. Drained out of the port hole for a solid 3-4 minutes, and out of...
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